Case: 20-1499 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 12/18/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CHRISTINA FRANCO, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Respondent ______________________

2020-1499 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. SF-4324-19-0187-I-2. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

BRIAN J. LAWLER, Pilot Law, P.C., San Diego, CA, ar- gued for petitioner.

ASHLEY AKERS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by JEFFREY B. CLARK, GEOFFREY MARTIN LONG, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 20-1499 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 12/18/2020

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 18, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court