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SMITH v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

Civ. A. No. 82-60328.

570 F.Supp. 1415 (1983)

Patrick E. SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

September 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet M. Tooley, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

Francis L. Zebot, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Sherry A. Cagnoli, Kevin B. Rachel, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

The principle question in this case is whether or not a private civil action for employment discrimination on the basis of handicap can be maintained against the United States Postal Service, a quasi-executive agency, under 29 U.S.C. § 794 (the Rehabilitation Act).

FACTS

The facts in this case are uncontroverted. Plaintiff decided in 1979 that he wanted to be a mailman. To that end...

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