Mendez v. United States

The plaintiff is a classified Civil Service employee of the Post Office Department, having entered on duty in the Post Office at Los Angeles, California, February 1,1947, as a substitute clerk. On October 12, 1948, he was served with written charges touching his loyalty to the United States. After he had answered, denying such charges, and a hearing had been held, at which the plaintiff was personally present and represented by counsel, before the Post Office Depart*348mental Loyalty Board on’ February 15, 1949, tbat Board found tbat reasonable grounds existed for tbe belief tbat plaintiff was…