The Administrative Judge held another video status conference with us on July 10, 2023. The Administrative Judge said that the EEOC plans to resolve in the next few months the pending procedural questions regarding whether certain Claimants were untimely in filing their claims. After that issue has been addressed, the Administrative Judge stated that the EEOC plans to begin designating certain Claimants for hearings on their relief claims.

On July 3, 2023, we filed a comprehensive response regarding our clients who had been identified as possibly untimely by the Postal Service. All available evidence regarding timeliness was submitted by us at that time.

The USPS attorneys attempted to slow down the process by seeking to submit new briefing in response to our July 3 submission. The Administrative Judge refused to allow for more delay, and told the Agency that any new argument on the matter would be stricken from the record.

Based on the Administrative Judge’s comments, we believe that we should see some real progress in 2023 toward EEOC decisions on some of the individual claims in this case. As always, please continue to monitor this website for updates.