       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  ZERIK A. SCOTT,
                     Petitioner

                           v.

             DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
                     Respondent
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                      2017-1203
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. DA-0752-14-0618-I-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    ANTHONY WARREN WALLUK, San Antonio, TX, argued
for petitioner.

    DAVID MICHAEL KERR, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represent-
ed by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., L.
MISHA PREHEIM.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 November 13, 2017          /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                            Clerk of Court
