FULLER v. FRANK

No. 89-15559.

916 F.2d 558 (1990)

William E. FULLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony M. FRANK, Postmaster General; Mary Frank, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Beacham, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lori J. Dym, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., Elizabeth Trager, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before NELSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, District Judge.


TASHIMA, District Judge:

Plaintiff William Fuller ("Fuller"), an admitted alcoholic, brought this action under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the "Act").1 He claims that his termination from employment as a letter carrier by defendant, the Postmaster General (the "Postal Service"), constituted handicap discrimination because the Postal Service failed to "reasonably accommodate" his alcoholism...

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