J.L. and U.S. Postal Service, Los Angeles Post Office (Board decision, September 3, 2025)

ECAB final decision. The Board granted the worker's request to withdraw the appeal and dismissed docket 25-0765 without reviewing OWCP's August 6, 2025 decision. 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 nonmerit decision and then asked to withdraw the appeal five days later. The Board granted the request and dismissed the case. It made no ruling on the underlying OWCP decision.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.; 20 C.F.R. §§ 501.2(c), 501.3.
• Outcome: Appeal withdrawn and dismissed; no merits review.
• Key point: The appellant's withdrawal request ended the Board proceeding.

Full text (ECAB public release)

United States Department of Labor
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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J.L., Appellant
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and ) Docket No. 25-0765
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Issued: September 3, 2025
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, LOS ANGELES POST )
OFFICE, Los Angeles, CA, 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 JANICE B. ASKIN, Judge

On August 6, 2025 appellant filed a timely appeal from an August 6, 2025 nonmerit decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). The Clerk of the Appellate Boards docketed the appeal as No. 25-0765.

By letter dated and received August 11, 2025, appellant requested that the appeal be withdrawn.

The Board has duly considered the matter and concludes that appellant’s request for withdrawal of the appeal should be granted. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT appellant’s request for the withdrawal of the appeal is granted. The appeal docketed as No. 25-0765 is dismissed.

Issued: September 3, 2025
Washington, DC

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

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

Janice B. Askin, Judge
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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