E.M. and U.S. Postal Service (Board decision, September 17, 2024)

ECAB final decision. The Board granted the employee's withdrawal request and dismissed the appeal. This dismissal ends the Board appeal; it does not decide the underlying compensation claim. Under 20 C.F.R. § 501.6(d), Board decisions and orders become final after 30 days. A party may petition the Board for reconsideration within 30 days unless the order specifies another period, under 20 C.F.R. § 501.7(a).

Plain-English summary

A postal employee filed a Board appeal and later asked to withdraw it. The Board granted her request and dismissed the appeal without ruling on the underlying claim. Its order closes this Board proceeding.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.
• Outcome: Withdrawal granted; appeal dismissed.
• Key point: The appeal ended at the appellant's request.

Full text (ECAB public release)

United States Department of Labor
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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E.M., Appellant
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and ) Docket No. 24-0618
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Issued: September 17, 2024
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, SAGINAW
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PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER, )
Saginaw, MI, Employer
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Appearances: Case Submitted on the Record
Appellant, pro se
Office of Solicitor, for the Director

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

Before:
PATRICIA H. FITZGERALD, Deputy Chief Judge VALERIE D. EVANS-HARRELL, Alternate Judge JAMES D. McGINLEY, Alternate Judge

On May 17, 2024 appellant filed a timely appeal from an April 18, 2024 merit decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). The Clerk of the Appellate Boards assigned the appeal Docket No. 24-0618.

By letter dated June 1, 2024, received by the Board on June 7, 2024, appellant requested that her appeal be withdrawn.

The Board has duly considered the matter and concludes that appellant’s request for the withdrawal of the appeal should be granted. 1 Accordingly,

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The Board’s decisions and orders are final upon the expiration of 30 days from the date of their issuance. 20 C.F.R.
§ 501.6(d).
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT appellant’s request for the withdrawal of the appeal is granted. The appeal docketed as No. 24-0618 is dismissed.

Issued: September 17, 2024
Washington, DC

Patricia H. Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief Judge Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

Valerie D. Evans-Harrell, Alternate Judge Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

James D. McGinley, Alternate Judge
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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