Lutz v. United States Postal Service

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

NEAHER, District Judge.

Plaintiff sues for money damages and injunctive relief directing the United States Postal Service to refrain from alleged unlawful employment practices and to appoint him to a position as a postal inspector. After answer, defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the action, principally on the ground that the doctrine of sovereign immunity required dismissal of the suit for lack of jurisdiction. For the following reasons, which differ somewhat from arguments the parties primarily advanced, the Court concludes that the action must be…