Horace A.,1 Complainant,v.Bill Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Agency.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Jan 15, 2016

0520150507 (E.E.O.C. Jan. 15, 2016)

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Office of Federal Operations
P.O. Box 77960
Washington, DC 20013

Horace A.,1
Complainant,

v.

Bill Johnson,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Tennessee Valley Authority,
Agency.

Request No. 0520150507

Appeal No. 0120132614

Hearing No. 490-2010-00158

Agency No. 20100027

DECISION ON REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION

Complainant requested reconsideration of the decision in EEOC Appeal No. 0120132614
(August 18, 2015). 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(c). For the following
reasons, Complainant’s request for reconsideration is DENIED.

Previously, the Commission affirmed the Agency’s Final Order that fully implemented the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Administrative Judge’s (AJ) Decision issued
without a hearing, in which the AJ found that Complainant failed to show that any material
facts were in dispute. The AJ concluded that Complainant failed to present evidence that he
was subjected to age or disability discrimination when he was not selected for various positions
with the Agency for which he applied in 2009 and 2010. In his request for reconsideration,

1 This case has been randomly assigned a pseudonym which will replace Complainant’s name
when the decision is published to non-parties and the Commission’s website.
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Complainant stipulates that he did not meet the minimum requirements for all of the positions
for which he applied.

After reviewing 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(c), and it is the decision of the
Commission to deny the request. The decision in EEOC Appeal No. 0120132614 remains the
Commission's 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 (P0610)

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 (Z0815)

If you want to file a civil action but cannot pay the fees, costs, or security to do so, you may
request permission from the court to proceed with the civil action without paying these fees or
costs. Similarly, if you cannot afford an attorney to represent you in the civil action, you may
request the court to appoint an attorney for you. You must submit the requests for waiver of
court costs or appointment of an attorney directly to the court, not the Commission. The court
has the sole discretion to grant or deny these types of requests. Such requests do not alter the
time limits for filing a civil action (please read the paragraph titled Complainant’s Right to File
a Civil Action for the specific time limits).

FOR THE COMMISSION:

______________________________
Carlton M. Hadden, Director
Office of Federal Operations

January 15, 2016
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