Judicial Officer

The Judicial Officer Department is a neutral, independent forum within the United States Postal Service consisting of the Judicial Officer, the Office of Administrative Law Judges, and the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals.

Judicial Officer Electronic Filing

The Judicial Officer Electronic Filing system is where you can file a new case, ask to be added to an existing case, or work with cases in which you are already a party or representative.

Log in to Electronic Filing

Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals

• Chairman, Judge Alan R. Caramella
• Administrative Judge, Board Member, Judge Catherine Crow
• Administrative Judge, Board Member, Judge Diane M. Mego
• Administrative Judge, Board Member, Judge Richard Rho

The Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals has jurisdiction to consider and decide any appeal from a decision of a contracting officer of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission relative to a contract made by either.

Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals Decisions

Decisions and nonprecedential substantive orders of the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals and the Board's Rules of Practice are available online.

Board of Contract Appeals decisions

Rules of practice

New decisions are typically added on a monthly basis.

Judicial Officer and Office of Administrative Law Judges

• Judicial Officer, Judge Alan R. Caramella
• Associate Judicial Officer, Judge Diane M. Mego
• Chief Administrative Law Judge, Judge James G. Gilbert
• Administrative Judge, Judge Catherine Crow
• Administrative Judge, Judge Richard Rho

The Judicial Officer and Office of Administrative Law Judges perform quasi-judicial duties as designated by the Postmaster General, applicable statutes and regulations. The Judicial Officer is the agency for the purposes of chapter 5 of Title 5, to the extent those functions are delegated to him by the Postmaster General.

Administrative Decisions

Decisions and nonprecedential substantive orders of the Judicial Officer and Office of Administrative Law Judges along with the applicable Rules of Practice are available online.

Administrative decisions

Rules of practice

New decisions are typically added on a monthly basis.