       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


 United States Court of Appeals
     for the Federal Circuit
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                RICHARD T. BOWEN,
                    Petitioner,

                           v.

           DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,
                   Respondent.
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                      2010-3065
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    Appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board in
No. SF0752090040-I-2.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    ALI M. SACHANI, Attorney at Law, Chatsworth,
California, argued for petitioner.

    ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, 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.   Of counsel on the brief was BRENDA
VOSGUANIAN, United States Department of the Navy, of
Port Hueneme, California.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, LINN, and MOORE, Circuit
Judges).

          AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


November 8, 2010    _/s/ Jan Horbaly______________
Date                     Jan Horbaly
                             Clerk
