IN RE: ELIGIBILITY OF DUSTIN FAVOR, Allied Federation.
	Protest Decision 2011 ESD 160
	Issued: March 10, 2011
	OES Case No. E-043-030311-SO
Dennis Albers, general chairman of Allied Federation, BMWED, filed an eligibility protest pursuant to Article XIII, Section 3 of the Rules for the 2010-2011 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election ("Rules"). The protest alleged that Dustin Favor, an elected delegate, is no longer eligible to serve as delegate since he has resigned from his position as a union officer and is currently a supervisor with Union Pacific Railroad.
By email transmitted on March 9, 2011, Albers requested to withdraw the protest.
Finding that permitting withdrawal is consistent with the purposes of the Rules, we deem this protest WITHDRAWN.
In advance of the June 2011 IBT convention, we will examine all elected delegates and alternate delegates to insure they are eligible to serve. In the event any elected delegate or alternate delegate is found at that time to be ineligible for office, that person will not be issued convention credentials and will be replaced by the ranking alternate delegate.
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 160
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
Dennis Albers, General Chairman
	Allied Federation
	111 Imperial Blvd., C300
	Hendersonville, TN 37075
	dralbersbmwe@aol.com
Dustin Favor
	P. O. Box 1873
	Three Rivers, TX 78071
	Bmwe1021favor@yahoo.com
Dolores Hall
	1000 Belmont Place
	Metairie, LA 70001
	hall1000@cox.net
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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