Rory D. Smith, Appellant,v.Louis Caldera, Secretary, Department of the Army, Agency.

Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionJan 22, 1999
05970456 (E.E.O.C. Jan. 22, 1999)

05970456

01-22-1999

Rory D. Smith, Appellant, v. Louis Caldera, Secretary, Department of the Army, Agency.


Rory D. Smith v. Department of the Army

05970456

January 22, 1999

Rory D. Smith, )

Appellant, )

)

v. ) Request No. 05970456

) Appeal No. 01962637

Louis Caldera, )

Secretary, )

Department of the Army, )

Agency. )

)

)

DENIAL OF REQUEST TO RECONSIDER

On February 19, 1997, Rory D. Smith (hereinafter referred to as the

appellant) timely initiated a request to the Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission (Commission) to reconsider the decision in Rory B. Smith

v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Department of the Army, EEOC Appeal

No. 01962637 (January 22, 1997).<1> EEOC regulations provide that the

Commission may, in its discretion, reconsider any previous decision.

29 C.F.R. �1614.407(a). The party requesting reconsideration must submit

written argument or evidence which tends to establish one or more of

the following three criteria: new and material evidence is available

that was not readily available when the previous decision was issued,

29 C.F.R. �1614.407(c)(1); the previous decision involved an erroneous

interpretation of law, regulation, or material fact, or a misapplication

of established policy, 29 C.F.R. �1614.407(c)(2); and the decision is of

such exceptional nature as to have substantial precedential implications,

29 C.F.R. �1614.407(c)(3).

After a review of the appellant's request for reconsideration,

the agency's response thereto, the previous decision, and the entire

record, the Commission finds that the appellant's request fails to meet

the criteria of 29 C.F.R. �1614.407(c), and it is the decision of the

Commission to deny the request. The decision in EEOC Appeal No. 01962637

(January 22, 1997) remains the Commission's final decision. There is no

further right of administrative appeal from a decision of the Commission

on this request for reconsideration.

RIGHT TO FILE A CIVIL ACTION (P0993)

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.

It is the position of the Commission that 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.

You should be aware, however, that courts in some jurisdictions have

interpreted the Civil Rights Act of 1991 in a manner suggesting that

a civil action must be filed WITHIN THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the

date that you receive this decision. To ensure that your civil action

is considered timely, you are advised to file it WITHIN THIRTY (30)

CALENDAR DAYS from the date that you receive this decision or to consult

an attorney concerning the applicable time period in the jurisdiction

in which your action would be filed. 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 (Z1092)

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:

JAN 22, 1999

Date Frances M. Hart

Executive Officer

Executive Secretariat

1The previous decision inadvertently referred to the appellant's middle

initial as "B".