       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
                ______________________

                    JOHN KLAR,
                      Petitioner

                           v.

     MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                 Respondent

           DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
                    Intervenor
              ______________________

                      2019-1108
                ______________________

   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. DC-1221-18-0590-W-1.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

   MICHAEL LEE VOGELSANG, JR., The Employment Law
Group, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

   CALVIN M. MORROW, Office of General Counsel, Merit
Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued for re-
spondent. Also represented by KATHERINE MICHELLE
SMITH, TRISTAN LEAVITT.
    TANYA KOENIG, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by
JOSEPH H. HUNT, ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT EDWARD
KIRSCHMAN, JR.
                 ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



  October 7, 2019                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                       Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court
