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 STATMt;NT OF CLAIM: Claim on behulf of Suutha;:n i&v'_:.Lun Tiac:k
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 Ja.m"r 3 , 1 j l7 , ~,._ reins to t:;_ iucnt with seniority, vacation, all rights ua:al:aire,i ~;i,l pay for wage loss comruenciag kuj;ust '=5, 1933, 3JI1~11t.:1I:~i.Ja'a.a':1 eau/or otherwise made whole.
FINDINGS: This Public Law Board No. 15d2 fiaus that t,ae parties ' Eerea a are Carrier and employee within the tueaaino of the Railwaj Labor Act, as amended, and that this Board Las juriadiztion.

 In this dispute, the claimant was notified to attend a formal i::vesti6ation in Temple, Texas, Friday, September 2, 1933, wherein the claimant was allegedly charged with having marijuana cigarettes in his possession while on Company property, at about 12:30 p.,.:., August 25, 1983. Pursuant to the investigation, the claimant was found guilty and discharged from the service of the Carrier.

 The Board has examined the entire transcript of record. The evidence establishes that the claimant made a statement to a special agent in which he acknowledged that the agent found marijuana in the claimant's possession on the property. The claimant further admitted that he had been smoking marijuana on Company property for soma period of time. The claimant signed a statement to that effect voluntarily. The special agent had warned the claimant, and the claimant signed an acknowledgement of his rights. The claimant did not deny making the statement and signing the statement. Under the circumstances, there is no justification. for setting the discipline aside.

 AWARD: Claim denied.