Donald R. PATTERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Defendants-Appellees

The appellant, Donald R. Patterson, brought this action to challenge the United States Postal Service’s policy of refusing to appoint any person who is over the age of thirty-five to the position of Postal Inspector. We affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Postal Service.

I. BACKGROUND:

The United States Postal Service (Postal Service) has, as one of its departments, an inspection service responsible for law enforcement functions. 1 Within the inspection service itself are two classes of employees: Postal Police Officers (PPO) whose primary function is to…