NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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