NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DAVID KERMES, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Respondent ______________________ 2015-3148 ______________________ Petition for review of an arbitrator's decision by Edna E.J. Francis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JIM CALLE, Law Office of Jim E. Calle, P.C., Tucson, AZ, argued for petitioner.

CHRISTOPHER KEITH WIMBUSH, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.

KIRSCHMAN, JR., ALLISON KIDD-MILLER. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, SCHALL and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 14, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court