The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the removal from federal service of a postal carrier who appeared to buy marijuana from the postal truck of a co-worker while on duty.
The employee began working for the U.S. Postal Service in 1989. At the time of his removal, he worked as a city carrier at the Fort Dearborn Station in Chicago. His removal was the result of a Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation revealing that a co-worker, another letter carrier, was selling marijuana from a Postal Service vehicle.
