From the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Nels T. Beck seeks review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) sustaining the decision of the United States Postal Service (“agency”) to remove him from his position of Rural Carrier at the agency’s Waterloo, Iowa facility. Beck v. U.S. Postal Service, No. CH0752070525-I-1 […]
Myrna Gomez-Perez was a window distribution clerk for the USPS. In November 2002, she requested a transfer from a position at the Moca, Puerto Rico Post Office to a position at the Dorado, Puerto Rico Post Office–but Gomez-Perez’s supervisor denied that request. She filed an equal employment opportunity complaint with the USPS, alleging that she […]
Edmond Walker, a Temporary Rural Carrier Relief, filed a class complaint alleging that discriminatory acts had been continuing for a class of disabled permanent rehabilitation employees in the Postal Service. The EEOC Administrative Judge certified the class. On appeal, the Postal Service argued that the certified class was poorly defined and the class members were […]
Union to Challenge USPS Secrecy in Other Forums APWU News A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by the APWU and the Consumer Alliance for Postal Services (CAPS), which sought access to the meetings and records of the Postal Service’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC). The APWU suit alleges that by excluding representatives of individuals and […]
The following is a press release from United States Attorney, Western District of New York ROCHESTER, N.Y.–A one-count Information has been filed in United States District Court charging DOMINICK FAZZARY, JR., age 41, of Watkins Glen, New York, with knowing disclosure of confidential information by a government employee, announced U.S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn of […]
Federal Court rules Postal Supervisor’s discipline for timekeeping error too harsh Here are facts taken from the recent case: In January of 2005, Judy Texeira was supervisor of five window clerks and several floor clerks, and she was also finance supervisor at the Modesto Main Post Office. She had been a supervisor for about seven years, a […]
MSPB: “removal of an [postal] employee with 45 years of unblemished federal service exceeds the bounds of reasonableness.” The following are excerpts from the MSPB decision: The agency removed the appellant from his position of City Letter Carrier effective March 23, 2007, for unacceptable conduct. In its notice of proposed removal, the agency stated that […]
Press Release from The United States Attorney,Middle District of Alabama MONTGOMERY, ALA. – A former Dothan, Alabama United States postal union secretary-treasurer, Bridgett Cardall Hooks, age 35, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement of the union’s funds, Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced today. In a hearing before United […]
The following information is from the United States Attorney: February 1, 2008 United States Attorney Dunn Lampton announced that Jessica Sade Delaine, of Cuba,Alabama, was sentenced on January 31st to serve 8 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for interfering with an employee of the United States while that person was engaged […]
The following information was released by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — A 55 year old Jefferson, Maryland, resident entered a plea of guilty on January 14, 2008, in United States District Court in Martinsburg before Magistrate Judge David J. Joel. United States Attorney Sharon […]