       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               FRANCIS A. MITHEN,
                    Petitioner

                           v.

     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
                  Respondent
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                      2015-3191
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. CH-1221-11-0498-B-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    KURT PATRICK CUMMISKEY, Kurt Cummiskey Attorney
at Law LLC, St. Louis, MO, argued for petitioner.

    AMELIA LISTER-SOBOTKIN, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also
represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., ELIZABETH HOSFORD; PAUL K.
PETRABORG, Office of Regional Counsel, United States
Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Louis, MO.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, PLAGER and LOURIE,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


  June 15, 2016                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
