NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MCCARTHY BARNES, JR., Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Respondent ______________________

2016-1754 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. DC-0752-13-0357-M-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

FREDERIC WILLARD SCHWARTZ, Law Office of Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr., Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by MARK E. PORADA, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., BENJAMIN C. MIZER. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, BRYSON, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 10, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court