[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 94 (Friday, May 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21085-21086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08759]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. C2025-7; Presiding Officer's Ruling No. 1]


Complaint

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is providing notice that a prehearing 
videoconference is being scheduled and providing other case management 
information.

DATES: Live Videoconference: June 5, 2025, at 11 a.m., eastern daylight 
time, virtual.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 
202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction
II. Ruling

I. Introduction

    Pursuant to Order No. 8827, the Presiding Officer shall set a 
procedural schedule, conduct limited discovery, and hear argument and 
briefing in order to resolve the remaining disputed issues of fact and 
law in this case.\1\ After conducting discovery relevant to the 
disputed issues identified by the Commission and considering the 
positions of the parties, the Presiding Officer will provide a public, 
written intermediate decision including findings of fact and 
conclusions of law on the relevant issues. To complete these objectives 
expeditiously, efficiently, and fairly, the Presiding Officer will 
conduct a prehearing videoconference on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 11 
a.m.\2\
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    \1\ Order Partially Denying United States Postal Service's 
Motion to Dismiss the February 5, 2025 Amended Complaint and Notice 
of Limited Formal Proceedings, May 1, 2025, at 22 (Order No. 8827).
    \2\ All times listed in this Ruling are Eastern Daylight Time 
(EDT).
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    Complainants and counsel for the Postal Service are directed to 
meet and confer no later than Tuesday, May 27, 2025, to consider the 
matters specified in 39 CFR 3010.302(e) and in this Presiding Officer's 
ruling. The parties are further directed to file on the docket a joint 
memorandum addressing the pertinent matters, along with any related 
proposed stipulations and a joint statement clarifying any issues for 
which the parties cannot agree to a mutually acceptable process, no 
later than Monday, June 2, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.
    Pursuant to Order No. 8827, parties may request that the Presiding 
Officer obtain specific discovery but may not independently propound 
discovery requests on each other. Order No. 8827 at 22.

II. Ruling

    1. A prehearing videoconference will be conducted before the 
Presiding Officer on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 11 a.m.
    2. Complainants and counsel for the Postal Service are directed to 
confer no later than Tuesday, May 27, 2025 to consider the matters 
specified in 39 CFR 3010.302(e) and in this Presiding Officer's Ruling.
    3. The joint prehearing conference memorandum, with any related 
proposed stipulations and a joint statement clarifying any issues for 
which the parties cannot agree to a mutually acceptable process, must 
be filed on the docket no later than Monday, June 2, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.
    4. The parties and counsel shall follow the initial case management 
procedures established by this Presiding Officer's Ruling.

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    5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this ruling (or 
abstract thereof) in the Federal Register.

Erica A. Barker
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-08759 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
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