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City of East Cleveland '14340 Euclid Ave East Cleveland, OH 44112 D EC I-ARATION/AFFI DAVIT Document Number: 2181 20088241 I On:1DlDO1a KFIELDS Date Created : 1 f2,412O13 1 0 :28:50 AM =q uNrrEDsmTES - - Z, rcSTALSE&VfcE EASTERNAREALAWOFFICE PHIISDELPHIA PA January 22,2013 City Of East Cle\reland Aulomated Traffic Control Violation System P.O. Box 742503 Cincinnati, OH 4527 +2503 City of East Cleveland Automated Traffic Control Violation System P.O. Box 22091 Tempe, AZ 85285-2091 RE: Aubmated Traffic Control VlolatioE Nolice Xgtce Nos.: 2l8l2(XE8rl4{9 21812AA882721 21812008829s0 2{8{2fi1888705 2181300000276 2181200858856 2181200856231 To Whom lt May Concem: Please accept this letter in response to your Notice of Liability sent to the United States Postal Service facili$ at 1801 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH /t4101- 9000, seeking payment of the above-refurenced citatiofl. As an initial matter, you should know that the United States Postal Service is proud to sewe the many thousands of communitbs across the Country, including those in clerreland, ohio. witf1 over 27,500 post offices delivering well over 200 billion pieces of mail annually, the Postal Service continues to meet its miqsion of providing irrompq reliable, and efficient mail services to all communities, as it has done for over two cenfuries. In providing mail service across the country, the Postal Service attempts to work within local and sffie laws and regulations, when feasible. Hotrever, as you are probably aware, the Postal Service enjop federal immunity from strate and local regulation. The Constitutircn of the United States authorizes Congress to establish Post Offices and in 1//5 the first Post Offices were founded. U.S. Const. art. I $8, c1.7. ln 1971, Congress enasted the Postal Reorganization Ast fPRA) which established the Unit6a States Postal Service as anlindependent establishment of the executive 3t so sourH 70* srREgr P'rrClPm,PA19153 rvOtCEi A5-?5r-3t5al Fa. 2lF5l-3dt2 Asirvps 1f2512013 9:35:13 AM Page 1 of 2

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City of East Cleveland'14340 Euclid Ave

East Cleveland, OH 44112

D EC I-ARATION/AFFI DAVIT

Document Number: 2181 20088241 IOn:1DlDO1a

KFIELDS

Date Created : 1 f2,412O13 1 0 :28:50 AM

=q uNrrEDsmTES - -Z, rcSTALSE&VfcE

EASTERNAREALAWOFFICEPHIISDELPHIA PA

January 22,2013

City Of East Cle\relandAulomated Traffic Control Violation SystemP.O. Box 742503Cincinnati, OH 4527 +2503

City of East ClevelandAutomated Traffic Control ViolationSystemP.O. Box 22091Tempe, AZ 85285-2091

RE: Aubmated Traffic Control VlolatioE NoliceXgtce Nos.: 2l8l2(XE8rl4{9

21812AA88272121812008829s02{8{2fi1888705218130000027621812008588562181200856231

To Whom lt May Concem:

Please accept this letter in response to your Notice of Liability sent to the UnitedStates Postal Service facili$ at 1801 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH /t4101-

9000, seeking payment of the above-refurenced citatiofl.

As an initial matter, you should know that the United States Postal Service is proud

to sewe the many thousands of communitbs across the Country, including those inclerreland, ohio. witf1 over 27,500 post offices delivering well over 200 billionpieces of mail annually, the Postal Service continues to meet its miqsion of providing

irrompq reliable, and efficient mail services to all communities, as it has done forover two cenfuries.

In providing mail service across the country, the Postal Service attempts to workwithin local and sffie laws and regulations, when feasible. Hotrever, as you areprobably aware, the Postal Service enjop federal immunity from strate and local

regulation.

The Constitutircn of the United States authorizes Congress to establish Post Offices

and in 1//5 the first Post Offices were founded. U.S. Const. art. I $8, c1.7. ln 1971,

Congress enasted the Postal Reorganization Ast fPRA) which established the

Unit6a States Postal Service as anlindependent establishment of the executive

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City of East Cleveland14340 Euclid Ave

East Cleveland, OH 44112

D ECLARATION/AFF! DAVIT

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branch of the Gorremment of the United States." 39 U.S.C. $201.

The Postal Service requires its employees to obey all haffic laws and rules whileoperating Postal Service vehicbs and wtrib openating a self-owned vehlde whibconducling Postal Service business activities. Hotv€ver, the state and/or localordinances imposing penalties and fines cannot be enforced as agairst the PostalServioe, and there b no staMory basis for doing so. Accordingly, the Postal Servicewill not pay the civil penaltbs assessed against it in the abore-referenced Notices ofLiability.

Should you have any questions or wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to contactme.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

N^-JENNIFER S, BRESLINSenior Litigation CounselEastem Area Law Ofrice3190 South 700'StreetPhiladehhia, PA 19153(215) 351-3840

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