Legal Opinion
Thomas A. McDonough v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 18, 1981No. 81-1037PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner in this case, Thomas McDonough, suffers from what has been diagnosed as “borderline personality — anxiety neurosis.” This emotional illness has made.it difficult for him to work steadily. In February 1978, the U.S. Post Office at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, hired him to work as a mail handler and, three months later, as a distribution clerk. But, in early November, after less than nine months employment, he had to take leave for treatment of his emotional illness. He reappeared at work in mid-January 1979, but after working only three and one-half days in…
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