NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ELIZABETH SOMERS, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________ 2018-1427 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH-1221-16-0259-W-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MICHAEL LEE VOGELSANG, JR., The Employment Law Group, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

DAVID PEHLKE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by REGINALD THOMAS BLADES, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOSEPH H. HUNT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, BRYSON, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 9, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court