KENNEDY v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 97-35375.

145 F.3d 1077 (1998)

Ivy KENNEDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marybeth Wosko, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Herbert C. Sunby, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Portland, Oregon, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: SKOPIL, HAWKINS and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the question of whether a non-preference eligible postal worker may sue for employment-related torts under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"). We hold that her claims are precluded by the Postal Reorganization Act ("PRA") and the Civil Service Reform Act ("CSRA").

Ivy Kennedy, an occupational health nurse, alleges that her supervisor at the United States Postal Service destroyed and altered medical records. She complained...

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