OWENS v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 93-3831.

37 F.3d 1326 (1994)

Christopher S. OWENS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE; Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Christopher Hodge, Knob Noster, MO, argued, for appellant.

Jerry Lee Short, Kansas City, MO, argued (Stephen L. Hill, Jr. and Jerry L. Short, on the brief), for appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Christopher S. Owens filed suit under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-797b, claiming that the United States Postal Service wrongly refused to hire him because of a disability. After a bench trial, the district court1 found that Owens failed to establish a prima facie Rehabilitation Act case. We affirm.

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During military service in 1984, Owens was burned...

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