NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JAMES E. COOPER, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, Respondent ______________________ 2018-1350 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. PH-0752-16-0130-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MELANIE LISA GLICKSON, Glickson Law Firm, LLC, Pikesville, MD, argued for petitioner.

NATHANAEL YALE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOSEPH H. HUNT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (DYK, TARANTO, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT March 5, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court