NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

RONALD WINTERTON, Petitioner

v.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Intervenor ______________________

2018-1774 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. SF-0752-18-0030-I-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MU'MIN ISLAM, MFI Law Group, PLLC, Philadelphia, PA, argued for petitioner.

TARA JEAN KILFOYLE, Office of General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued for re- spondent. Also represented by KATHERINE MICHELLE SMITH, TRISTAN LEAVITT. NATHANAEL YALE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; JOSHUA JARRETT, Federal Aviation Ad- ministration, United States Department of Transporta- tion, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, SCHALL, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 19, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court