NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

KEITH LITCHFIELD, Petitioner

v.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent ______________________

2017-2165 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. AT-1221-15-0621-W-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

LEON ALAN BLAIS, Law Office of Leon Alan Blais, Port Charlotte, FL, argued for petitioner.

KATRINA LEDERER, Office of the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by KATHERINE M. SMITH, JEFFREY GAUGER. ______________________

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

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 4, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court