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LOFTON v. POSTMASTER GEN. OF U. S. A.

No. 20512.

437 F.2d 561 (1971)

James L. LOFTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The POSTMASTER GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the Post Office Department of the United States of America, and the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Rose, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kemper B. Durand, Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellees; Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Before WEICK and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant in this case was discharged from his duties as a postal employee on April 21, 1967. Previously he had been served with written charges detailing 71 instances of alleged violations of postal regulations in failing properly to handle mail deliveries committed to his care. It does not appear that any of these approached dishonesty or willful sabotage, but at a minimum they could have been regarded as repeated evidence of neglect of duty which did...

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