*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ RICHARD A. POPE, Petitioner v.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Respondent ______________________ 2016-2106 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. AT-0752-15-0206-I-1.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J ACK B RADLEY J ARRETT , III, Alan Lescht and Associ- ates, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

A LEXIS J. E CHOLS , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by J OYCE R. B RANDA , R OBERT E. K IRSCHMAN , J R ., E LIZABETH M. H OSFORD .

______________________ T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is *2 O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (D YK , R EYNA , and T ARANTO , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT June 19, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court