Case: 23-1814 Document: 44 Page: 1 Filed: 12/04/2024

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ RAYMOND SLAYTON, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Respondent ______________________ 2023-1814 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. SF-0752-17-0370-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JENNIFER DUKE ISAACS, Melville Johnson, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for petitioner.

MEREDYTH COHEN HAVASY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, 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: 23-1814 Document: 44 Page: 2 Filed: 12/04/2024

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, TARANTO, Circuit Judge, and SCHROEDER, District Judge1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 4, 2024 Date

Honorable Robert W. Schroeder III, District Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, sitting by designation.