NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ KYLE MAKI, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent ______________________ 2017-1201 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. SF-4324-15-0591-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KEVIN EDWARD BYRNES, FH+H, PLLC, Tysons, VA, argued for petitioner.

JANA MOSES, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 16, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court