UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                        MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD


     TODD A. STARK,                                  DOCKET NUMBER
                         Appellant,                  CH-844E-15-0638-I-1

                  v.

     OFFICE OF PERSONNEL                             DATE: January 28, 2016
       MANAGEMENT,
                   Agency.



             THIS FINAL ORDER IS NONPRECEDENTIAL *

                Todd A. Stark, Mount Sterling, Kentucky, pro se.

                Roxann Johnson, Washington, D.C., for the agency.


                                           BEFORE

                              Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman
                                 Mark A. Robbins, Member


                                       FINAL ORDER

¶1         The appellant has filed a petition for review of the September 24, 2015
     initial decision in this appeal. Initial Appeal File, Tab 7; Petition for Review
     (PFR) File, Tab 1. During later settlement discussions, the appellant decided to
     withdraw the petition for review, and submitted a letter to that effect. PFR File,


     *
        A nonprecedential order is one that the Board has determined does not add
     significantly to the body of MSPB case law. Parties may cite nonprecedential orders,
     but such orders have no precedential value; the Board and administrative judges are not
     required to follow or distinguish them in any future decisions. In contrast, a
     precedential decision issued as an Opinion and Order has been identified by the Board
     as significantly contributing to the Board’s case law. See 5 C.F.R. § 1201.117(c).
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     Tabs 5-6.   The appellant’s letter includes a statement signed by the agency’s
     representative, declaring that the agency has no objection to the withdrawal of the
     petition for review.   PFR File, Tab 6.    Finding that withdrawal is appropriate
     under these circumstances, we DISMISS the petition for review as withdrawn
     with prejudice to refiling.
¶2         The initial decision of the administrative judge is final. This is the Board’s
     final decision concerning the withdrawal of the petition for review. Title 5 of the
     Code of Federal Regulations, section 1201.113 (5 C.F.R. § 1201.113).

                     NOTICE TO THE APPELLANT REGARDING
                        YOUR FURTHER REVIEW RIGHTS
           You have the right to request review of this final decision by the U.S.
     Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. You must submit your request to the
     court at the following address:
                                    U.S. Court of Appeals
                                    for the Federal Circuit
                                   717 Madison Place, N.W.
                                    Washington, DC 20439

     The court must receive your request for review no later than 60 calendar days
     after the date of this order. See 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) (as rev. eff. Dec. 27,
     2012). If you choose to file, be very careful to file on time. The court has held
     that normally it does not have the authority to waive this statutory deadline and
     that filings that do not comply with the deadline must be dismissed. See Pinat v.
     Office of Personnel Management, 

(Fed. Cir. 1991).
           If you need further information about your right to appeal this decision to
     court, you should refer to the Federal law that gives you this right. It is found in
     title 5 of the U.S. Code, section 7703 (5 U.S.C. § 7703) (as rev. eff. Dec. 27,
     2012). You may read this law as well as other sections of the U.S. Code, at our
     website, http://www.mspb.gov/appeals/uscode.htm.         Additional information is
     available at the court’s website, www.cafc.uscourts.gov. Of particular relevance
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is the court’s “Guide for Pro Se Petitioners and Appellants,” which is contained
within the court’s Rules of Practice, and Forms 5, 6, and 11.
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FOR THE BOARD:                            ______________________________
                                          William D. Spencer
                                          Clerk of the Board
Washington, D.C.