       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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           DEBORAH KATZ-PUESCHEL,
                  Petitioner,

                           v.

      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
                 Respondent.
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                      2011-3081
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    Appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board in
No. DC0752811049-B-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   GEORGE M. CHUZI, Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch,
P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

    HILLARY A. STERN, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for
respondent. With her on the brief were TONY WEST,
Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and REGINALD T. BLADES, JR., Assistant
Director.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, SCHALL, and PROST, Circuit
Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


December 13, 2011               /s/ Jan Horbaly
    Date                           Jan Horbaly
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