*1 Case: 21-1802 Document: 49 Page: 1 Filed: 04/07/2022

N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DUANE FAIRFAX, Petitioner v.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,

Respondent ______________________ 2021-1802 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in Nos. DC-1221-18-0499-W-3, DC-1221-19-0257-W- 2.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ D ANIEL M EYER , M ATTHEW F. M IHALICH , Tully Rinckey PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.

S TEVEN C. H OUGH , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by B RIAN M. B OYNTON , E LIZABETH M ARIE H OSFORD , P ATRICIA M. M C C ARTHY .

______________________ *2 Case: 21-1802 Document: 49 Page: 2 Filed: 04/07/2022

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

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , R EYNA , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT

April 7, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court