Joseph T. Prisco v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General U.S. Postal Service

Appellant mailed a discrimination complaint against the U.S. Postal Service to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Appellee alleges the complaint was defectively served because it was mailed rather than delivered to the U.S. Attorney’s office, as is required under Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d)(4). We agree and affirm the district court’s dismissal of the complaint.

Appellant was an employee of the U.S. Postal Service. In a suit filed May 22,1989 in federal district court, he alleged that his dismissal from employment in August 1985 violated federal discrimination laws. The next day he sent a copy of the summons…