M.E. and U.S. Postal Service, Palatine Post Office (Board decision, June 2, 2025)

ECAB final decision. The Board granted the claimant's request to withdraw her appeal and dismissed it. The underlying benefits issue was not decided by this order. A party may petition the Board for reconsideration within 30 days of issuance unless this order specifies another period, under 20 C.F.R. § 501.7(a). FECA compensation decisions are generally not subject to court review under 5 U.S.C. § 8128(b).

Plain-English summary

A postal worker appealed an OWCP merits decision and then asked to withdraw the appeal so she could request reconsideration before OWCP. The Board granted her withdrawal request and dismissed the appeal. It did not decide the underlying compensation dispute.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.
• Outcome: Appeal withdrawn and dismissed at claimant's request.
• Key point: The Board granted a timely request to withdraw the pending appeal.

Full text (ECAB public release)

United States Department of Labor
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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M.E., Appellant
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and ) Docket No. 25-0401
) Issued: June 2, 2025
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, PALATINE POST
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OFFICE, Palatine, IL, Employer
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Appearances: Case Submitted on the Record
Appellant, pro se
Office of Solicitor, for the Director

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

Before:
ALEC J. KOROMILAS, Chief Judge
PATRICIA H. FITZGERALD, Deputy Chief Judge VALERIE D. EVANS-HARRELL, Alternate Judge

On March 19, 2025 appellant filed a timely appeal from a March 5, 2025 merit decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). The Clerk of the Appellate Boards assigned the appeal Docket No. 25-0401.

By letter dated and received April 2, 2025, appellant requested that her appeal be withdrawn to enable her to request reconsideration before OWCP.

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. 25-0401 is dismissed.

Issued: June 2, 2025
Washington, DC

Alec J. Koromilas, Chief Judge
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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

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

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