NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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