NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MICHAEL AWE, Petitioner v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent ______________________ 2019-1058 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH-315H-18-0384-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MICHAEL T. SMITH, Michael T. Smith & Assoc., Schaumburg, IL, argued for petitioner.

KATHERINE MICHELLE SMITH, Office of General Coun- sel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, ar- gued for respondent. Also represented by TRISTAN LEAVITT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, PLAGER and DYK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 10, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court