         NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               ELIZABETH SOMERS,
                    Petitioner

                           v.

     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
                  Respondent
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                      2018-1427
                ______________________

   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. CH-1221-16-0259-W-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   MICHAEL LEE VOGELSANG, JR., The Employment Law
Group, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

    DAVID PEHLKE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by
REGINALD THOMAS BLADES, JR., ROBERT EDWARD
KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOSEPH H. HUNT.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (LOURIE, BRYSON, and WALLACH, Circuit
Judges).
            AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                  ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



   November 9, 2018           /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
