IN RE: JOHN COLLINS,   Protestor.
	Protest Decision 2011 ESD 157
	Issued: March 10, 2011
	OES Case No. P-144-021611-AT
John Collins, member and delegate candidate of Local Union 509, filed a pre-election protest pursuant to Article XIII, Section 2(b) of the Rules for the 2010-2011 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election ("Rules"). The protest alleged that the local union secretary-treasurer did not comply with the Collins' request for worksite lists and other contact information for local union members, in violation of the Rules.
By email sent March 8, 2011, Collins requested to withdraw the protest.
Finding that permitting withdrawal is consistent with the purposes of the Rules, we deem this protest WITHDRAWN.
Any interested party not satisfied with this determination may request a hearing before the Election Appeals Master within two (2) working days of receipt of this decision. The parties are reminded that, absent extraordinary circumstances, no party may rely upon evidence that was not presented to the Office of the Election Supervisor in any such appeal. Requests for a hearing shall be made in writing, shall specify the basis for the appeal, and shall be served upon:
Kenneth Conboy
	Election Appeals Master
	Latham & Watkins
	885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
	New York, New York 10022
	Fax: (212) 751-4864
Copies of the request for hearing must be served upon the parties, as well as upon the Election Supervisor for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 421 L, Washington, D.C. 20006, all within the time prescribed above. A copy of the protest must accompany the request for hearing.
Richard W. Mark
Election Supervisor
cc:    Kenneth Conboy
	        2011 ESD 157
DISTRIBUTION LIST (BY EMAIL UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED):
Bradley T. Raymond, General Counsel
	International Brotherhood of Teamsters
	25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, D.C. 20001
	braymond@teamster.org
David J. Hoffa
	Hoffa Hall 2011
	1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 730
	Washington, D.C. 20036
	hoffadav@hotmail.com
Ken Paff
	Teamsters for a Democratic Union
	P.O. Box 10128
	Detroit, MI 48210-0128
	ken@tdu.org
Barbara Harvey
	1394 E. Jefferson Avenue
	Detroit, MI 48207
	blmharvey@sbcglobal.net
Fred Gegare
	P.O. Box 9663
	Green Bay, WI 54308-9663
	kirchmanb@yahoo.com
Scott D. Soldon
	3541 N. Summit Avenue
	Shorewood, WI 53211
	scottsoldon@gmail.com
Fred Zuckerman, President
	Teamsters Local Union 89
	3813 Taylor Blvd.
	Louisville, KY 40215
	fredzuckerman@aol.com
Robert M. Colone, Esq.
	P.O. Box 272
	Sellersburg, IN 47172-0272
	rmcolone@hotmail.com
Carl Biers
	Box 424, 315 Flatbush Avenue
	Brooklyn, NY 11217
	info@SandyPope2011.org
Julian Gonzalez
	Lewis, Clifton & Nikolaidis, P.C.
	350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1800
	New York, NY 10001-5013
	jgonzalez@lcnlaw.com
John Collins
	193 Lily Lane
	Loris, SC  29569
	fbody@sccoast.net
L.D. Fletcher, Secretary-Treasurer
	Teamsters Local Union 509
	1213 State Street
	Cayce, SC  29033
	team509@bellsouth.net
Maureen Geraghty
	426 Old Salem Road
	Winston-Salem, NC 27101
	mg@geraghtylawfirm.com
J. Griffin Morgan
	426 Old Salem Road
	Winston-Salem, NC 27101
	jgmorgan@epmlaw.com
Maria S. Ho
	Office of the Election Supervisor
	1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 421 L
	Washington, D.C. 20006
	mho@ibtvote.org
Kathryn Naylor
	Office of the Election Supervisor
	1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 421 L
	Washington, D.C. 20006
	knaylor@ibtvote.org
Jeffrey Ellison
	214 S. Main Street, Ste. 210
	Ann Arbor, MI 48104
	EllisonEsq@aol.com
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