NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

RICHARD A. POPE, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Respondent ______________________

2016-2106 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. AT-0752-15-0206-I-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JACK BRADLEY JARRETT, III, Alan Lescht and Associ- ates, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

ALEXIS J. ECHOLS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by JOYCE R. BRANDA, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD. ______________________

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

PER CURIAM (DYK, REYNA, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 19, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court