2020-09207. Complaint of Randall Ehrlich

AGENCY:

Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Commission is revising the procedural schedule for the Complaint of Randall Ehrlich v. United States Postal Service, which relates to alleged discrimination by Postal Service management in continuing a suspension of mail service due to a dog hold on the Complainant's residence. This notice informs the public of the revised procedural schedule.

DATES:

Deadline for notices of intervention: June 1, 2020; Prehearing Conference: August 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) by telephone; Hearing of evidence to begin: October 1, 2020; Deadline for requests to hold a hearing before the Presiding Officer for oral presentation of evidence: No later than 7 days before the prehearing conference.

ADDRESSES:

For additional information, Presiding Officer's Ruling No. 3 can be accessed electronically through the Commission's website at https://www.prc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Revised Procedural Schedule

I. Introduction

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3001.19 and 39 CFR 3001.17, the Commission gives notice that the procedural schedule has been extended 30 days for the Complaint of Randall Ehrlich v. United States Postal Service, which relates to alleged discrimination by Postal Service management in continuing a suspension of mail service due to a dog hold on the Complainant's residence, potentially violating 39 U.S.C. 403(c).^[1] This notice informs the public of the revised procedural schedule established in Presiding Officer's Ruling No. 3.^[2]

II. Revised Procedural Schedule

1. The deadline to file a notice of intervention pursuant to 39 CFR 3001.20 (formal intervention) or 39 CFR 3001.20a (limited participation) is June 1, 2020.

2. A prehearing conference is scheduled to be conducted before the Presiding Officer on August 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) by telephone.

3. The hearing of evidence in this case shall begin October 1, 2020.

4. A request to hold a hearing before the Presiding Officer for the oral presentation of evidence (including any testimony) shall be filed no later than 7 days before the prehearing conference and shall specify each witness for which oral testimony is proposed.

Erica A. Barker,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  Complaint of Randall Ehrlich, December 23, 2019.

2.  See Presiding Officer's Ruling Denying Request for an Indefinite Abeyance and Granting 30-Day Extension of Procedural Deadlines, April 24, 2020.