Case: 20-1804 Document: 71 Page: 1 Filed: 10/12/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ AYYAKKANNU MANIVANNAN, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Respondent ______________________ 2020-1804 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. PH-1221-18-0230-W-3. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN J. POWELL, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, Philadelphia, PA, argued for petitioner.

ROBERT R. KIEPURA, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, DOUGLAS GLENN EDELSCHICK, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD; MONEKIA GAUSE FRANKLIN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC. ______________________ Case: 20-1804 Document: 71 Page: 2 Filed: 10/12/2021

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 12, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court