Hector Elias v. Department of Transportation

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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HECTOR ELIAS,
Petitioner
v.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
Respondent
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2024-2276
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Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. SF-0752-20-0034-I-1.
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JUDGMENT
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KYLEE HANNEFIN BELANGER, Kylee Belanger Law Cor-
poration, San Diego, CA, argued for petitioner.
STEPHEN J. SMITH, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by
ALBERT S. IAROSSI, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, BRETT
SHUMATE.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, PROST, Circuit
Judge, and SEEBORG, Chief District Judge)1.
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
April 8, 2026
Date
1 Honorable Richard Seeborg, Chief District Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of
California, sitting by designation.
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