       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                KEITH LITCHFIELD,
                     Petitioner

                           v.

     MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                   Respondent
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                      2017-2165
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. AT-1221-15-0621-W-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   LEON ALAN BLAIS, Law Office of Leon Alan Blais, Port
Charlotte, FL, argued for petitioner.

    KATRINA LEDERER, Office of the General Counsel,
Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued
for respondent.   Also represented by KATHERINE M.
SMITH, JEFFREY GAUGER.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



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

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 April 4, 2018              /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                    Peter R. Marksteiner
                            Clerk of Court
