Just Cause #5: Was the severity of the discipline reasonably related to the infraction itself and in line with that usually administered, as well as to the seriousness of the employee's past record?

Arbitrator Gely finds no Just Cause for the Emergency Placement of a Letter Carrier that admitted to taking an unclaimed item and returning it. The subsequent removal was also found lacking because of the severity of the discipline imposed compared to the facts of the case.