Case: 22-2024 Document: 41 Page: 1 Filed: 02/13/2024

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ NELSON F. GOMEZ, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Respondent ______________________ 2022-2024 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. NY-0752-21-0068-I-2. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ CHRISTOPHER A. ZAMPOGNA, Zampogna PC, Washing- ton, DC, argued for petitioner.

LIRIDONA SINANI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, 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: 22-2024 Document: 41 Page: 2 Filed: 02/13/2024

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 13, 2024 Date