       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                 RICHARD A. POPE,
                     Petitioner

                           v.

           DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,
                    Respondent
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                      2016-2106
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. AT-0752-15-0206-I-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    JACK BRADLEY JARRETT, III, Alan Lescht and Associ-
ates, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

    ALEXIS J. ECHOLS, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented
by JOYCE R. BRANDA, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (DYK, REYNA, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
          AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


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