Vacek

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTON VACEK, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, and GOLDEN EAGLE INSURANCE No. 04-15961

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,  D.C. No.

CV-02-1406-VRW

v. OPINION

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE;

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 15, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed May 24, 2006

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wallace; Concurrence by Judge Thomas COUNSEL

Harold J. Truett, III, San Francisco, California, for Appellant Anton Vacek.

Kevin V. Ryan, United States Attorney; Joann Swanson, Chief, Civil Division; Abraham A. Simmons, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, California, for Appel- lee United States of America. 5742 VACEK v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

OPINION

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Anton Vacek (Vacek) appeals from the district court’s judgment of…