Ulysees Coates, Complainant,v.Richard J. Danzig, Secretary, Department of the Navy, Agency.

Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionApr 5, 2000
05980222x (E.E.O.C. Apr. 5, 2000)

05980222x

04-05-2000

Ulysees Coates, Complainant, v. Richard J. Danzig, Secretary, Department of the Navy, Agency.


Ulysees Coates, )

Complainant, ) Request No. 05980222

) Appeal Nos. 01950736; 01950879; 01956107

v. ) Agency Nos. DON 93-00151-050; 068; 052; ) DON 94-00151-036

Richard J. Danzig, ) Hearing Nos. 170-94-8294X; 170-94-8323X;

Secretary, ) 170-95-8066X

Department of the Navy, )

Agency. )

________________________)

DENYING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION

The complainant initiated a request to the Equal Employment Opportunity

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

Coates v. Department of the Navy, EEOC Appeal Nos. 01950736; 01950879

and 01956107 (December 3, 1997).<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, 37,654 (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 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 Ulysees Coates v. Department of the Navy, EEOC Appeal No. 01950736;

01950879; 01956107 (December 3, 1997) 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.

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:

April 5, 2000

Date

Carlton

M.

Hadden,

Acting

Director

Office of Federal Operations

1 On 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.