U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1955

Richard H. Davis v. Arthur E. Summerfield, Postmaster General, United States Post Office Department

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided February 17, 1955 · Miller, Baze-Lon, Washington

219 F.2d 510; 95 U.S. App. D.C. 78 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Mr. Richard H. Davis, appellant, pro se., Mr. Samuel J. L’Hommedieu, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Lewis Carroll and Joseph A. Rafferty, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, submitted on the brief for appellee. Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Richard H. Davis, was dismissed by the Post Office Department in 1935 pursuant to charges preferred against him. In his suit for re-instatement, filed May 3, 1954, the District Court correctly granted summary judgment to the Postmaster General because of the appellant’s laches.

Affirmed.

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