United States v. Ulysses Sympson Reed, Jr.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we decide whether an arbitration award adverse to a government employee asserting rights under a collective bargaining agreement renders later criminal punishment assessed against the same person for the same conduct violative of the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Defendant Ulysses S. Reed, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with three counts of embezzling money he received while delivering C.O.D. parcels for the Postal Service. This same alleged conduct was the subject of an…