Month: June 2019

Status Update – USPS Provides Some NRP Files to Counsel

The Administrative Judge ordered USPS to provide certain missing NRP Activity File pages to the attorneys by May 28, 2019. USPS provided a limited number of the missing pages to counsel by that date, but refused to produce all of the files that we sought. We will promptly pursue this issue through the appropriate process. Please note that the Judge did not order USPS to provide a copy of the NRP Activity File documents directly to any claimants in the case.

As before, our plan is to submit the NRP Activity File documents, along with all the other evidence related to your claims, plus a legal brief, by the July 15, 2019 deadline set by the Administrative Judge. We are pressing forward and will not be deterred, despite this latest delay tactic by USPS.

Status Update – Submission Regarding “Partially Accepted” Claims

As you may be aware, USPS disputed every claim submitted in this case. On the other hand, USPS “partially accepted” some parts of a small percentage of claims (less than 2%). (Even in that small subset of claims, the Postal Service has not yet paid a single dollar to any claimant, to the best of our knowledge.) Recently, USPS asked the Judge to create a new, slower process for handling these “partially accepted” claims. Today we filed our response to the USPS filing, pointing out that the USPS proposal would slow down the processing of these claims for no good reason. Further, we urged the Judge to direct USPS to promptly provide claimants with the partial relief that USPS has already conceded in these claims. Under our proposal, the claimants who have already obtained partial concessions from USPS will receive the benefit of that relief now, while continuing to seek full recovery through the normal EEOC claim-adjudication process set forth in the Case Management Order.

The Judge has indicated a desire to resolve this issue promptly, if possible. We will provide an update to the website as soon as the Judge issues a decision. In the meantime, we continue to collect and organize a very large amount of claim information for timely submission to the Judge. If you receive a request from us for additional information, we urge you to respond as soon as possible. Thanks as always for your ongoing patience, and your assistance in this case.