       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  VAHID ASRARI,
                     Petitioner

                           v.

    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
                 Respondent
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                      2017-1064
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. DE-1221-15-0392-W-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    RACHEL J. ELSBY, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner. Also
represented by RYAN STRONCZER; STEVEN D. MASLOWSKI,
Philadelphia, PA.

     ZACHARY JOHN SULLIVAN, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also
represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN,
JR., ALLISON KIDD-MILLER.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 February 8, 2018             /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
