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Date Created: 2024-01-25 16:01:43.354491+00
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Case: 23-2385    Document: 13     Page: 1    Filed: 01/25/2024

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                 MICHAEL ANTONIOU,
                      Petitioner

                             v.

         UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
                     Respondent
               ______________________

                        2023-2385
                  ______________________

    Petition for review of No. 4G19N-4G-D-2333 8774.
                  ______________________

     Before LOURIE, PROST, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                         ORDER
     In response to this court’s October 25, 2023, order di-
 recting the parties to show cause regarding our jurisdic-
 tion, the United States Postal Service urges dismissal.
 Michael Antoniou has not filed a response.
     Mr. Antoniou’s union filed a grievance challenging his
 notice of removal as a letter carrier with the United States
 Postal Service. On August 4, 2023, a dispute resolution
 team concluded that Mr. Antoniou’s removal would be sus-
 tained unless he voluntarily resigned. Mr. Antoniou then
Case: 23-2385    Document: 13      Page: 2    Filed: 01/25/2024

 2                                           ANTONIOU v. USPS

 filed a petition for review with this court, challenging that
 August 4, 2023, decision.
     This court’s jurisdiction is limited. Although the court
 has jurisdiction over “an appeal from a final order or final
 decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board,” 28 U.S.C.
 § 1295(a)(9), and to “review . . . arbitration awards under a
 negotiated grievance procedure pursuant to [5 U.S.C.
 §] 7121(a),” Burke v. USPS, 888 F.2d 833, 834 (Fed.
 Cir. 1989) (citing § 7121(f)), Mr. Antoniou acknowledges
 that the “case never went to MSPB or Arbitration,” ECF
 No. 6 at 3. Rather, this is a direct appeal from a USPS
 dispute resolution team’s decision. Such appeals are out-
 side our authority to directly review.
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
     (1) This matter is dismissed.
     (2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
     (3) All pending motions are denied.
                                                FOR THE COURT

 January 25, 2024
      Date