NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PATRICK H. CAREY, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Respondent ______________________ 2018-1479 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH-0752-16-0423-I-3. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ NORMAN JACKMAN, Jackman & Roth, LLP, Lincoln, NH, argued for petitioner.

VITO SALVATORE SOLITRO, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOSEPH H. HUNT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, WALLACH, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 7, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court