Sidney G. Leslie, Complainant,v.Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionMay 17, 2000
05a00432 (E.E.O.C. May. 17, 2000)

05a00432

05-17-2000

Sidney G. Leslie, Complainant, v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.


Sidney G. Leslie v. Department of Veterans Affairs

05A00432

May 17, 2000

.

Sidney G. Leslie,

Complainant,

v.

Togo D. West, Jr.,

Secretary,

Department of Veterans Affairs,

Agency.

Request No. 05A00432

Appeal Nos. 01995471, 01996686

Agency Nos. 99-2047, 99-3875

DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION

The complainant initiated a request to the Equal Employment Opportunity

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

G. Leslie v. Department of Veterans Affairs, EEOC Appeal Nos. 01995471

and 01996686 (February 4, 2000).<1> EEOC Regulations provide that the

Commission may, in its discretion, 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 64 Fed. Reg. 37,644,

37,659 (1999) (to be codified and hereinafter referred to as 29 C.F.R. �

1614.405(b)).

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

previous decision, and the entire record, the Commission finds that the

request falls to meet the criteria of 29 C.F.R. � 1614.405(b), and it is

the decision of the Commission to deny the request. Regardless of the

Office of Workers' Compensation Program (OWCP) Coordinator's motives,

claims (1), (2), (a), and (b) involve the processing of complainant's OWCP

claim. These matters must be addressed in the OWCP process, not through

the EEOC. Claim (c) also arose outside of the employment context, and

does not state a claim. The decision in EEOC Appeal No. 01995471/01996686

remains the Commission's final decision. There is no further right of

administrative appeal on the decision of the Commission on this request

for reconsideration.

COMPLAINANTS' RIGHT TO FILE A CIVIL ACTION (P0400)

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

May 17, 2000

__________________

Date

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.