NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CARL D. HAYDEN, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, Respondent ______________________

2018-1589 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH-4324-13-0534-M-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

STEPHEN J. SMITH, Schiff Hardin LLP, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

ERIN MURDOCK-PARK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 16, 2019 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Date Jarrett B. Perlow Chief Deputy Clerk