       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  SCOTT KLIPPEL,
                     Petitioner

                           v.

    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
                 Respondent
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                      2017-1636
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   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. DC-0752-13-0616-I-2.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   JOHN SILVERFIELD, Naples, FL, argued for petitioner.

    GEOFFREY MARTIN LONG, 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., L. MISHA PREHEIM; MICHAEL GACHES, Office of Chief
Counsel, United States Transportation Security Admin-
istration, Arlington, VA.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

  PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, REYNA and
WALLACH, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 February 13, 2018            /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
