Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, et al.

How can a Plaintiff serve the Federal Agency that is the United States Department of Veterans Affairs with a Summons and with process in accordance with 28 U.S. Code § 1391(e)(2) and in accordance with the F.R.C.P. Rule 4(i)(2)? The plain language of the F.R.C.P. Rule 4(i)(2) says that, in addition to serving the United States, the Plaintiff must send a copy of each to the “Agency” by the registered or certified U.S. mail. However, when I asked Meta Al about how to serve Defendant the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with process, I got the answer that, in addition to serving the United States, I must send the process to the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs by the registered or certified U.S. mail to the following address: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20420.

In the employment discrimination lawsuits that involve the activities of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its Secretary who is being sued in his official capacity and who is a proper Defendant in the Title VII Cause of Action, in the ADEA Cause of Action, and in Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Cause of Action, should the Courts follow the procedures that are described in 38 CFR § 14.514(a) such as: