Rodney Willis, Complainant,v.William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service,) Agency.

Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionJul 6, 2000
05970874 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 6, 2000)

05970874

07-06-2000

Rodney Willis, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service,) Agency.


Rodney Willis v. United States Postal Service

05970874

July 6, 2000

Rodney Willis, )

Complainant, )

)

v. ) Request No. 05970874

) Appeal No. 01955082

William J. Henderson, ) Agency No. 1A-1464-92

Postmaster General, ) Hearing No. 160-95-8133X

United States Postal Service,)

Agency. )

)

DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION

Complainant timely initiated a request for the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) to reconsider the decision in

Rodney Willis v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01955082

(May 30, 1997). EEOC regulations provide that the Commissioners may,

in their discretion, reconsider any previous decision where the party

demonstrates that: (1) the previous decision involved clearly erroneous

interpretation of material fact or law; or (2) the decision will have a

substantial impact on the policies, practices, or operation of the agency.

29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b).<1>

In order to merit the reconsideration of a prior Commission decision, the

requesting party must submit written argument which tends to establish

that at least one of the criteria of 29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b) is met.

The Commission's scope of review on a request for reconsideration is

narrow. Lopez v. Dept. of the Air Force, EEOC Request No. 05890749

(September 28, 1989). A request for reconsideration is not merely a form

of a second appeal. Regensberg v. U.S. Postal Service, EEOC Request No.

05900850 (September 7, 1990). After a careful review of the record,

the Commission finds that complainant's request for reconsideration does

not meet the regulatory criteria of 29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b).

CONCLUSION

After a review of complainant's request for reconsideration, the previous

decision, and the entire record, the Commission finds that complainant's

request does not meet the criteria of 29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b), and it is

therefore the decision of the Commission to DENY complainant's request.

The decision of the Commission in Appeal No. 01955082 remains the

Commission's final decision in this case. There is no further right

of administrative appeal from a decision of the Commission on a request

for reconsideration.

STATEMENT OF RIGHTS

COMPLAINANT'S RIGHT TO FILE A CIVIL ACTION (P1199)

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:

July 6, 2000

Date Carlton M. Hadden, Acting Director

Office of Federal Operations

1On November 9, 1999, revised regulations governing the EEOC's Federal

sector complaint process went into effect. These regulations apply to all

Federal sector EEO complaints pending at any stage in the administrative

process. Consequently, the Commission will apply the revised regulations

found at 64 Fed. Reg. 37,644 (1999), where applicable, in deciding the

present appeal. The regulations, as amended, may also be found at the

Commission's website at www.eeoc.gov.