United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ROBERT D. VOCKE, JR.,
Petitioner
v.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
Respondent
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2016-2390
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Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. DC-1221-13-1266-W-1.
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ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
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ERIC SHUMSKY, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP,
Washington, DC, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for
petitioner Robert D. Vocke, Jr. Also represented by
THOMAS MARK BONDY, HANNAH GARDEN-MONHEIT;
CHRISTOPHER J. CARIELLO, New York, NY.
JEFFREY GAUGER, Office of the General Counsel, Merit
Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, filed a re-
sponse to the petition for respondent Merit Systems
Protection Board. Also represented by BRYAN G. POLISUK,
KATHERINE M. SMITH.
2 VOCKE v. MSPB
Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK,
MOORE, O’MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN,
HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
WALLACH, Circuit Judge, with whom NEWMAN and
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges, join, dissent from the denial of
the petition for rehearing en banc for the reasons stated
in the dissent from denial of the petition for rehearing en
banc in Fedora v. Merit Systems Protection Board, No. 15-
3039.
STOLL, Circuit Judge, dissents without opinion from the
denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
Petitioner Robert D. Vocke, Jr. filed a petition for re-
hearing en banc. A response to the petition was invited
by the court and filed by respondent Merit Systems Pro-
tection Board. The petition was first referred as a petition
for rehearing to the panel that heard the appeal, and
thereafter the petition for rehearing en banc and response
were referred to the circuit judges who are in regular
active service.
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
The petition for panel rehearing is denied.
The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
The mandate of the court will issue on July 27, 2017.
FOR THE COURT
July 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court