       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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             MCCARTHY BARNES, JR.,
                   Petitioner

                           v.

           DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
                    Respondent
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                      2016-1754
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. DC-0752-13-0357-M-1.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   FREDERIC WILLARD SCHWARTZ, Law Office of Frederic
W. Schwartz, Jr., Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

    RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented
by MARK E. PORADA, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., BENJAMIN C. MIZER.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



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

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


January 10, 2017            /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                  Peter R. Marksteiner
                           Clerk of Court
