PARTIES TO DISPUTE:


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "this is to serve notice, as required by the rules of the
 National Railroad Adjustment Board, of my intention to
 file an ex parts submission on covering an unadjusted dispute between me and
 the Southern Railway System involving the question: The dispute between myself
 (Nelson Lirette) and Southern Railway System whereas I was dismissed from
 Southern Railway on grounds that I was sick too often, left early, and was
 tardy too much.

 I believe I was dismissed wrongly because I was legally sick during the time that Southern Railway used as record in having me dismissed., etc."

 OPINION OF BOARD: Mr. Nelson J. Lirette, the Claimant, chose to progress his
 dispute to this Board as an individual. He was properly
 informed of his rights and advised that the time limits prescribed in Rule C-3
 (1)(c) of the applicable Agreement had been extended by agreement to February
 1 1 0, within which to submit his claim to this Board.

 The record clearly shows Claimant's letter of intent to file his submission, dated March 10, 1980, did not reach the Board until march 12, 1980, failing to meet the extended time limit. Therefore, the claim must be dismissed.

 FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, after giving the parties
 to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and upon the whole
 record and all the evidence, finds and holds:

 That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute ere respectively Carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 193+;

 That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and
Award Number 23583
 Docket Number MS-23435

 A W A R D
Claim dismissed.

 ATTEST: Acting Executive Secretary
 National Railroad Adjustment Board

 By V
 emarie Breach - Administrative Assistant

 Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 10th day of March 1982.

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