       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
                ______________________

                  COLIN CLARKE,
                     Petitioner

                           v.

     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
                Respondent

     MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                   Intervenor
             ______________________

                      2014-3103
                ______________________

   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. NY-1221-10-0226-W-2, NY-1221-11-0169-W-
2.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

    JOYCE E. KITCHENS, Kitchens New Cleghorn LLC, At-
lanta, GA, for petitioner.

    TANYA KOENIG, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, for respondent. Also represented by JOYCE R.
BRANDA, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., ALLISON KIDD-
MILLER.

    KATRINA LEDERER, Office of the General Counsel,
Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, for
intervenor. Also represented by BRYAN G. POLISUK.

    GREGORY GIACCIO, United States Office of Special
Counsel, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United
States Office of Special Counsel. Also represented by
CAROLYN N. LERNER, ERIC BACHMAN, LOUIS LOPEZ.
                ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



    PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, CLEVENGER, and MOORE,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


December 11, 2015                 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
     Date                         Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
