Free Motion for Summary Judgment - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

II II I I II Case I1 . Docurnent S1 I Filed 11/36/2065 I PageI1 4I III I I I
I IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT .
I . FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE _
I BRIAN REINBOLD, : I _ I
_ I I Plaintiff I
- ‘ · v. I Civil Action N0. 04-342-GMS
I I NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER . _
CARRIERS BRANCH 1977, : ‘ _
_ Defendant.I ·
_
Plaintiff, I
_ I Iv. Civil Action No. 05-47-GMS I
I UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, I
p · and NALC LOCAL 191, : I
` h . Defendant. I I p _
. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE’S
. A . - _ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ·
_ The United States Postal Seivice ("USPS), through the undersigned, hereby moves the ‘ _
. Court to enter summary judgment in its favor and in support thereof avers as follows: I
II l. Plaintiff Brian K. Reinhold was an employee of the USPS on November 26, 2004,
‘ U when he was removed from his position for failure to follow instructions. _
_ p I 2. It is undisputed that Mr. Reinhold had ahistory of several previous disciplinary
actions, dating back more than one year before the date of his removal. p I .
I 3. In the removal proceeding, the co-defendant National Association of Letter I
I Carriers ("NALC") vigorously represented Mr. Reinbold, as it had in each of the previous .

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l - disciplinary actions. The NALC did not breach its duty of fair representation as alleged by
l Plaintiff. As a result, Plaintiff s claim against the USPS must fail. Vasa v. Szpes, 386 U.S. 171,
_ 186 (1967). A _
‘ ` . l 4. Taking all the alleged facts in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, even if the
n NALC breached its duty of fair representation, there is no genuine issue of material fact and the
- USPS is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. ·
1 WHEREFORE the USPS moves the Court to enter judgment in its favor. `
i l U l Respectfully submitted, i U U _
· h d COLM F. CONNOLLY
-‘ · n United States Attomey -
A l By: /s/Patricia C. Hannigan
- A Patricia C. Hannigan
Assistant United States Attomey -
Delaware Bar I.D. No. 2145
` The Nemours Building
‘ 1007 Orange Street, Suite 700 _
· P. O. Box 2046
_ A Wilmington, DE 19899-2046
- _ _ I (302) 573-6277
` . Patricia.Hai1nigan{Q),usdo]`.gov
e n Dated:November 30, 2005 U l i_

I I Case 1:05-cv—00047AG|\/IS Document 31 Filed 11/30/2005 Page 3 014 I I
. - I ‘ _ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I
- - FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE I
g BRIAN K. REINBOLD, : I I
I Plaintiff I A I I
I I v.I I Civil Action No. 04-342-GMS
- II NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER - I
CARRIERS BRANCH 1977, :
- . A _ Defendant. I - I
.
, I _ Plaintiff
I I v. Civil Action No. 05-47-GMS I
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
j ‘ .- and NALC LOCAL 191, :
_ ‘ I Defendant. I - ‘
I _ , I LDE
‘ AND NOW, this ______ day of 2005, after considering
I . Defendant, United States Postal Service ’s Motion for Summary Judgment, it is hereby
‘ - ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. I
‘ I BY THE COURT:
I I I I I I I .
I District Judge - I _
· -_ I _ United States District Court

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_ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE · -
l I hereby certify that on November 30, 2005, I electronically filed a UNITED STATES l
POSTAL SERVICE’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT with the Clerk of Cotut
Q using CM/ECF. Notification of such filing will be electronically mailed to the following: i
i ‘ Susan E. Kaufman, Esquire - 1 _ A
Heiman, Gouge & Kaufman, LLP g g
P.O. Box 1674 _ `
- Wilmington, DE 19899 .
A - (302) 658-1800 . ‘
. _ s1 " and two copies ofthe foregoing UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT , will be mailed, via First Class U.S. Mail to the following:
_ Brian K. Reinhold
‘ . _ 3909 Delaware Street l -
Wilmington, DE 19808 ·
. l Pro Se - ` g
I COLM F. CONNOLLY
_ ‘ United States Attorney
l By: /s/Patricia C. Hannigan
. · Patricia C. I·Iannigan
. . _ Assistant United States Attorney _`
- - · Delaware Bar I.D. No. 2145 _
` _ . The Nemours Building _
1007 Orange Street, Suite 700
E - - P. O. Box 2046
_ _ · · 1 Wilmington, DE 19899-2046
_ . ` ` ` (302) 573-6277 . I - -
_ r _ _ Patricia. Harmigan@usdoj .gov