Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 6954
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 6889-I-T
2-AT&SF-I-' 75
( Mr. Michael Carton

Parties to Dispute:

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( The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company

Dispute: Claim of Employes:

Notice is hereby served upon you that on or before July 31, 1974 I will file an Ex Parte Submission with regards to certain disputes between the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.

Findings:

The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.

Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.

We received a letter from the petitioner reading:

" I have had no contact with my client in sometime and will not be able to proceed with the pending matter.

Please allow ten days for Mr. Ca ston to receive this letter and retain new counsel, if desired. In the event that you do not hear from him, please consider this matter closed."

We did not hear from Mr. Caston or any one else in his behalf. Therefore, we are dismissing the case.

A WA R D

Claim dismissed.

Form 1
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Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board

Award No. 6954
Docket No. 6889-I-T
2-AT&SF-I-'75

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division

Ros narie Brasch - Administrative Assistant

Dated a t Chicago, Illinois, this 7th day of October, 1975.