106 F.3d 425
NOTICE: Federal Circuit Local Rule 47.6(b) states that opinions and orders which are designated as not citable as precedent shall not be employed or cited as precedent.  This does not preclude assertion of issues of claim preclusion, issue preclusion, judicial estoppel, law of the case or the like based on a decision of the Court rendered in a nonprecedential opinion or order.Edward C. PATTERSON, Petitioner,v.MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.
No. 97-3001.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Jan. 9, 1997.Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc DeclinedMarch 14, 1997.

PER CURIAM.


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Before RICH, NEWMAN, and PLAGER, Circuit Judges.

JUDGMENT

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AFFIRMED.  See Fed.Cir.R. 36.

