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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`JOHN KLAR,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
`Respondent
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`DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
`Intervenor
`______________________
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`2019-1108
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`Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
`Board in No. DC-1221-18-0590-W-1.
`______________________
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`JUDGMENT
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`MICHAEL LEE VOGELSANG, JR., The Employment Law
`Group, PC, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.
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` CALVIN M. MORROW, Office of General Counsel, Merit
`Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued for re-
`spondent. Also represented by KATHERINE MICHELLE
`SMITH, TRISTAN LEAVITT.
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` TANYA KOENIG, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
`Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
`ton, DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by
`JOSEPH H. HUNT, ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT EDWARD
`KIRSCHMAN, JR.
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`THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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`ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
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` PER CURIAM (LOURIE, PLAGER, and TARANTO, Circuit
`Judges).
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`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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` October 7, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
` Date Peter R. Marksteiner
` Clerk of Court
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