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CARTER v. TISCH

No. 86-1728.

822 F.2d 465 (1987)

Blane CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Preston R. TISCH, Postmaster General; United States Postal Service, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Wallace Smith, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joan Carol Goodrich, Office of Labor Law, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Gary P. Jordan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Stephen E. Alpern, Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judges.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

After being fired from his employment as a post office custodian, Blane Carter brought suit alleging handicap discrimination under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. The district court granted summary judgment against Carter. Carter is handicapped by asthma. He concedes that he is unable to perform the duties of a custodian. Carter's appeal depends on the argument that the postal service was required to "accommodate...

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