Case: 23-1910 Document: 33 Page: 1 Filed: 09/05/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

TASHA LONG, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent ______________________

2023-1910 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. SF-0432-22-0409-I-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

THOMAS FRITZ MUTHER, JR., Minahan Muther Klinger, PC, Denver, CO, argued for petitioner.

RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, TARA K. HOGAN, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 23-1910 Document: 33 Page: 2 Filed: 09/05/2024

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK and STOLL, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY, District Judge 1). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 5, 2024 Date

1 Honorable John F. Murphy, District Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylva- nia, sitting by designation.