0520070734
08-20-2007
Eve Ramos, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Pacific Area), Agency.
Eve Ramos,
Complainant,
v.
John E. Potter,
Postmaster General,
United States Postal Service,
(Pacific Area),
Agency.
Request No. 0520070734
Appeal No. 0120071997
Agency No. 1F-926-0212-06
DENIAL
Complainant timely requested reconsideration of the decision in Eve
Ramos v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 0120071997 (July
12, 2007). EEOC Regulations provide that the Commission may, in its
discretion, grant a request to reconsider any previous Commission decision
where the requesting party demonstrates that: (1) the appellate decision
involved a clearly erroneous interpretation of material fact or law; or
(2) the appellate decision will have a substantial impact on the policies,
practices, or operations of the agency. See 29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b).
However, we remind complainant that a "request for reconsideration is
not a second appeal to the Commission." Equal Employment Opportunity
Management Directive for 29 C.F.R. Part 1614 (rev. Nov. 9, 1999), at
9-17.1
This Commission carefully considered all of the record evidence at the
time it rendered the initial decision in question, and complainant has
offered no persuasive reason why this decision should be reconsidered now.
Therefore, after reconsidering the previous decision and the entire
record, the Commission finds that the request fails to meet the criteria
of 29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b), and it is the decision of the Commission to
deny the request. The decision in EEOC Appeal No. 0120071997 remains the
Commission's final decision. There is no further right of administrative
appeal on the decision of the Commission on this request.
COMPLAINANT'S RIGHT TO FILE A CIVIL ACTION (P0900)
This decision of the Commission is final, and there is no further right
of administrative appeal from the Commission's decision. You have the
right to file a civil action in an appropriate United States District
Court within ninety (90) calendar days from the date that you receive
this decision. If you file a civil action, you must name as the defendant
in the complaint the person who is the official agency head or department
head, identifying that person by his or her full name and official title.
Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of your case in court.
"Agency" or "department" means the national organization, and not the
local office, facility or department in which you work.
RIGHT TO REQUEST COUNSEL (Z1199)
If you decide to file a civil action, and if you do not have or cannot
afford the services of an attorney, you may request that the Court appoint
an attorney to represent you and that the Court permit you to file the
action without payment of fees, costs, or other security. See Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. � 2000e et seq.;
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. �� 791, 794(c).
The grant or denial of the request is within the sole discretion of
the Court. Filing a request for an attorney does not extend your time
in which to file a civil action. Both the request and the civil action
must be filed within the time limits as stated in the paragraph above
("Right to File A Civil Action").
FOR THE COMMISSION:
______________________________
Carlton M. Hadden, Director
Office of Federal Operations
August 20, 2007
__________________
Date
1 In her request, complainant, through counsel, contends that the
Commission erred in affirming the FAD given that the agency "offered
no eyewitness testimony from managerial officials concerning the events
that led to the Complainant's termination." We note however, that the
investigative record contains testimony from complainant's first-line
supervisor (female) who issued complainant the Notice of Removal.
Complainant has not provided evidence that the first-line supervisor did
not believe that the events transpired as they were recounted to her
(that complainant exhibited unacceptable/threatening behavior toward
another supervisor) and/or that the supervisor's articulated reason is
more likely a pretext for sex-based animus.
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