Legal Opinion
Chester I. Staats v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 6, 1996No. 96-3148PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This case presents us once again with a claim arising from the 1992 Postal Service reorganization and the early retirements that many Postal Service employees took in connection with that reorganization. Petitioner Charles I. Staats was one of those who elected the early retirement option offered to him by the agency. He did so, he argues, because he regarded the alternative — the prospect of assignment to a “transition center,” with an uncertain future to follow — to be unacceptable. Contending that his retirement was involuntary, Staats subsequently filed an appeal…
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