Scipio E. Spinks v. United States Postal Service

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Scipio Spinks, is employed by the United States Postal Service in Oakland, California, as a supervisor. Until November of 1975, he worked on tour one (11 p. m. to 7:30 a. m.), when he was transferred to tour three (3:30 p. m. to midnight). Supervisors were then paid, in addition to their base pay, an hourly night differential premium for each hour worked at night. Since the transfer resulted in his working fewer nighttime hours, his night differential pay was reduced by approximately $14.00 per week as a result of the transfer. He filed this action in…