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PREWITT v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

No. 80-3525.

662 F.2d 292 (1981)

George Dunbar PREWITT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

November 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Dunbar Prewitt, Jr., pro se.

William N. Reed (Court-appointed), Allan P. Bennett, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., John R. Hailman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

Claiming that the United States Postal Service unlawfully denied him employment due to his physical handicap, the plaintiff, George Dunbar Prewitt, Jr., brought this action against the postal service. Prewitt contended that he was physically able to perform the job for which he applied despite his handicap, even though the postal service's physical requirements indicate that only persons in "good physical condition" can perform the job because...

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