Barkley v. United States Postal Service

TELESCA, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Bonnie Barkley commenced this action against the United Postal Service to contest its denial of her request for reinstatement. The defendant now moves pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) to dismiss the complaint on jurisdictional grounds. For the reasons discussed below, the defendant’s motion is granted.

Plaintiff Bonnie Barkley was initially hired as a postal letter carrier in May of 1987 to work in defendant’s Rochester office. On March 3, 1988, plaintiff requested that she be transferred to defendant’s associate branch in Penn Yan because it was closer to her…