       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                ARTHUR SWEETING,
                    Petitioner

                           v.

     MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                   Respondent
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                      2016-2540
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. AT-315H-16-0389-I-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
LLP, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner. Also repre-
sented by ERIC SHUMSKY; ANJALI DALAL, New York, NY.

    KATRINA LEDERER, Office of the General Counsel,
Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued
for respondent. Also represented by BRYAN G. POLISUK,
KATHERINE M. SMITH.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


  July 19, 2017             /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                  Peter R. Marksteiner
                            Clerk of Court
