Whistleblower Protection Cases

Whistleblower Cases

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(The following cases are listed by name of complainant in the order of receipt of the first filing in the proceeding. The full history of each individual's complaint is listed under his or her name.)

Ronald Sorri

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming LWA-0001 Decision and Order

LWD-0008 Motion for Discovery

LWD-0009 Motion for Discovery

LWX-0011 Supplemental Order

LWX-0014 Supplemental Order

LWZ-0021 Motion to Dismiss

David Ramirez

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming LWA-0002 Decision and Order

LWX-0013 Suplemental Order

VWX-0001 Supplemental Order

University Research Association, Inc. (Dr. Naresh Mehta)

Deputy Secretary Decision reversing LWA-0003 Decision and Order

LWZ-0023 Motion to Dismiss

LWN-0003 Interim Order

Wackenhut Services, Inc. (William S. Armijo)

Francis M. O'Laughlin

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming LWA-0005 Decision and Order

LWZ-0026 Motion to Dismiss

LWZ-0027 Motion to Dismiss

Helen Gaidine Oglesbee

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming LWA-0006 Decision and Order

LWZ-0030 Motion to Dismiss (Dismissed)

LWZ-0031 Motion to Dismiss

LWD-0011 Motion for Discovery (Dismissed)

LWJ-0004 Motion for Protective Order

Reynolds Electrical & Engineering (Leonard Kreisler)

Mary Ellen O'Brien

Reynolds Electrical & Engineering (Mary Ellen O'Brien)

Howard W. Spaletta

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming LWA-0010 Decision and Order

VWX-0004 Supplemental Order

Lockheed Environmental Systems & Technology (Jacob D. Paz, Ph.D.

County of Los Alamos (Peter I. Duran)

Peter I. Duran

Richard W. Gallegos

Daniel L. Holsinger

Deputy Secretary Decision remanding VWA-0005 Decision and Order

VWC-0001Supplemental Order

VWC-0002 Supplemental Order

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming Decision as Modified, January 19, 2000

META, Inc. (Eugene Greer)

C. Lawrence Cornett

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming VWA-0007 Decision and Order

VWX-0010Supplemental Order

VWZ-0006 Motion to Dismiss

VWZ-0007 Motion to Dismiss

VWX-0009 Order to Show Cause

META, Inc. (C. Lawrence Cornett)

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming VWA-0008 Decision and Order

K-Ray Security, Inc. (Daniel L. Holsinger)

Deputy Secretary Decision remanding VWA-0009 Decision and Order

VWC-0001 Supplemental Order

VWC-0002 Supplemental Order

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming Agency Decision as Modified, January 19, 2000

Watkins Security Agency, Inc. (Daniel L. Holsinger)

Gerald Kelly

Ronny J. Escamilla

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming VWA-0012 Decision and Order

Logistics Applications, Inc. (Eugene Greer)

Charles Barry DeLoach

Am-Pro Protective Services, Inc. (Barry Stutts)

Deputy Secretary Decision Denying Review of Initial Agency Decicion, January 19, 2000

Arthur F. Murfin

VWZ-0008 Motion to Dismiss

Timothy E. Barton

Thomas T. Tiller

Deputy Secretary Decision affirming VWA-0018 Decision and Order

David R. Kouns

Jackie Hair Moldenhauer

Carlos M. Castillo

Michael D. Ares

Dennis L. Glenn

Russell P. Marler, Sr.

Lookwood Green Technol.ogy

Joseph P. Carson

VBI-0045Whistleblower Reprisal Complaint

Joseph F. Demelo

Linda D. Gass

VWZ-0009 Motion to Dismiss

VWD-0007 Motion for Discovery

VWR-0003 Motion for Reconsideration of VWZ-0009 Decision and Order

VWZ-0021 Motion to Transfer (Dismissed)

Fluor Daniel Fernald, Inc. (Milton T. Page)

Fluor Daniel, Inc. (Milton T. Page)

Barbara Nabb

VBA-0033 Appeal affirming VWA-0031 Decision and Order

VBB-0033 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed September 29, 2000)

Roger W. Hardwick

VBA-0032 Appeal affirming VWA-0032 Decision and Order

John Gretencord

VBA-0041 Appeal affirming VWA-0033 Decision and Order

VWZ-0010 Motion to Dismiss

VWZ-0011 Motion to Dismiss

VBB-0041 Petiton for Secretarial Review (Dismissed August 11, 2000)

Frank E. Isbill

VBA-0043 Appeal (Dismissed)

VWD-0002 Motion for Discovery

VWX-0014 Supplemental Order

Nicholas Dominguez

VWJ-0001 Motion for Protective Order

Robert Gardner

Ann Johndro-Collins

VBA-0038 Appeal

VBB-0038 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed August 21, 2000)

David M. Turner

VWD-0003 Motion for Discovery

VWD-0004 Motion for Discovery

VWD-0005 Motion for Discovery

Luis P. Silva

VBZ-0013 Motion to Dismiss

VBZ-0014 Motion to Dismiss

Rosie L. Beckham

VBA-0044 Appeal affirming VWA-0040 Decision and Order

Lucy B. Smith

VWZ-0012 Motion to Dismiss

VWD-0006 Motion for Discovery

VWZ-0020 Motion to Dismiss

VBA-0055 Appeal remanded to Hearing Officer (October 2, 2000)

Charles M. Montano

VWZ-0016 Motion to Dismiss

VWZ-0017 Motion to Dismiss

TBU-0067 Jurisdictional Appeal (May 10, 2007)

Loyda G. Martinez

Janet K. Benson

VBZ-0057 Motion to Dismiss

VBZ-0058 Motion to Dismiss

VBA-0057 Appeal, dismissed December 11, 2000

VBA-0058 Appeal dismissed December 11, 2000

VBA-0082 (OHA August 21, 2002)

VBX-0082 (OHA January 14, 2003)

Don W. Beckwith

VBR-0002 Motion for Reconsideration

VBX-0002 Supplemental Request (Dismissed)

Carl J. Blier

VBZ-0003 Motion to Dismiss

Thomas Dwyer

VBZ-0005 Motion to Dismiss

VBA-0005 Appeal affirming VBH-0005 Decision and Order July 24, 2000

VBB-0005 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed October 4, 2000)

Candess M. Eliason

Salvatore Gionfriddo

VBA-0007 Appeal affirming VBH-0007 Decision and Order

George F. Grafer, Jr.

Jagdish C. Laul

VBA-0010 Appeal affirming VBH0010 Decision and Order March 9, 2001

VBB-0010 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed July 19, 2001)

Diane E. Meier

VBA-0011 Appeal affirming VBH-0011 Decision and Order, July 28, 2000

William H. Meldrum, III

Roy Leonard Moxley

VBX-0014 Supplemental Order

Morris J. Osborne

VBA-0015 appeal dismissed

Gary Roybal

VBU-0037 Jurisdictional Appeal (Dismissed June 14, 2001)

VBB-0037 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed August 28, 2001)

Jimmie L. Russell

VBA-0017 Appeal dismissed January 8, 2001

Darryl D. Siemer

Eugene J. Dreger

VBA-0021 Appeal affirming VBH-0021 Decision and Order June 27, 2000

VBB-0021 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed October 17, 2000)

Stephanie Ashburn

Matthew Rooks

Alizabeth Abramowicz Smith

Debra Ann Springer

Jiunn S. Yu

VBZ-0028 Motion to Dismiss

Ricky L. Hamilton

Henry Makowitz

Mary T. Baker

Jennifer Gentry

Theresa G. Joyner

Case No. VBH-0036

Edward J. Seawalt

VBU-0047 Jurisdictional Appeal

VBH-0047 (H.O. Goering) (Dismissed December 4, 2000)

VBZ-0047 Motion for Summary Judgment August 20, 2000

VBB-0047 Petition for Secretarial Review Dismissed December 12, 2000

Richard R. Sena

VBX-0042 Supplemental Order April 20, 2001

VBA-0042 Appeal of Initial Agency Decision and Order, November 1, 2001

Robert Getsla

Kevin Gallagher

Darryl H. Shadel

VBH-0050 (H.O. Adeyeye) (Dismissed March 30, 2001)

James S. Hansard, Jr.

Bharat R. Damani

Jean G. Rouse

Janet L. Westbrook

VBD-0059 Motion for Discovery June 8, 2001

VBA-0059 (OHA May 9, 2002)

VBX-0059 (OHA October 3, 2002)

VBB-0059 Secretarial Petition Review (Dismissed November 29, 2002)

Robbie Burd

VBA-0060 (OHA August 5, 2002)

VBX-0060 (OHA March 28, 2003)

VBB-0060 Secretarial Petition Review (Dismissed August 6, 2003)

Bernard F. Cowan

VBA-0061 (OHA February 27, 2003)

VBB-0061 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed November 26, 2003)

Susan Rice Gossett

VBH-0062 (H.O. Fine August 23, 2002)

VBA-0062 (OHA January 8, 2003), affirmed, Safety & Ecology Corp. v. DOE (October 15, 2004)

Bruce R. Field

VBD-0063 Motion for Discovery August 14, 2001

Pamela Gillis Watson

Vicckie Lee Tallent

Ron D. White

VBH-0068 (H.O. Adeyeye July 15, 2002)

Charles D. Varnadore

Raymond Gallegos

Andrew Sanchez

Rodney E. Gossett

Mark J. Chugg

TBU-0002 Jurisdictional Appeal (November 7, 2002)

Michael McCambridge

Jeffrey Burnette

TBU-0071 Jurisdictional Appeal (August 30, 2007)

TBB-0071 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 4, 2008)

Ronald E. Timm

VBB-0077 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 15, 2002)

William Cor

VBH-0079 (H.O. Goering August 5, 2002)

Henry T. Greene

TBU-0010 Jurisdictional Appeal (March 18, 2003)

Steven F. Collier

VBH-0084 (H.O. Schwartz May 20, 2003)

VBZ-0084 Interlocutory Order (September 24, 2003)

Gilbert J. Hinojos

TBZ-0003 Motion to Dismiss

TBH-0003 Initial Agency Decision (H.O. Cronin April 27, 2005)

TBA-0003 Appeal (OHA July 8, 2005)

TBB-0003 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed September 19, 2005)

Gary S. Vander Boegh

TBU-0007 Jurisdictional Appeal (June 19, 2003)

TBH-0007 Initial Agency Decision (H.O. Woods July 11, 2003)

TBU-0049 Jurisdictional Appeal (July 11, 2006)

TBB-0049 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed January 9, 2007)

TBA-0069 Appeal (OHA December 18, 2007)

TBB-0007 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 3, 2007)

TBB-0069 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed July 16, 2008)

Elaine M. Blakely

VBH-0086 Initial Agency Decision (H.O. Goering June 25, 2003)

VBA-0086 Appeal (OHA March 15, 2004)

Trudy Bolin

Ronald Goetsch

S.R. Davis

VBU-0083 Jurisdictional Appeal (March 2, 2004)

VBH-0083 (H.O. Freimuth April 21, 2004)

VBA-0083 Appeal (OHA October 16, 2006)

VBH-0083 Secretarial Petition Review (Dismissed May 9, 2007)

Steven T. Oglesby

Charles L. Evans

TBU-0026 Jurisdictional Appeal (June 2, 2004)

Clint Olson

TBU-0027 Jurisdictional Appeal (August 13, 2004)

TBH-0027 (H.O. Woods October 27, 2005)

TBA-0027 Appeal (OHA May 9, 2007)

Glenn Kuswa

TBU-0028 Jurisdictional Appeal (December 9, 2004)

TBB-0028 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed July 12, 2005)

Michael Goetz

TBU-0033 Jurisdictional Appeal (April 26, 2005)

Oliver R. Williamson

Philip B. Borris

Caroline C. Roberts

TBU-0040 Jurisdictional Appeal (February 23, 2006)

TBB-0040 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed June 26, 2006)

Clarence A. Wethern, III

Casey Von Bargen

TBZ-0034 Motion to Dismiss

TBH-0034 (H.O. Woods November 2, 2007)

Dennis D. Patterson

TBU-0047 Jurisdictional Appeal (August 21, 2006)

TBZ-0047 Motion for Summary Judgment (H.O. Adeyeye November 21, 2007)

TBH-0047 (H.O. Adeyeye June 20, 2008)

TBA-0047 Appeal (OHA March 10, 2009)

John Merwin

TBU-0052 Jurisdictional Appeal (September 19, 2006)

Felecia Broaddus

TBU-0053 Jurisdictional Appeal (October 12, 2006)

TBB-0053 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed November 14, 2007)

Curtis Broaddus

TBH-0030 (H.O. Schwartz November 7, 2006)

TBA-0030 Appeal (OHA August 29, 2007)

TBB-0030 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 4, 2008)

Randall Norton

William Cor

TBU-0045 Jurisdictional Appeal (November 29, 2006)

Donald R. Rhodes

TBU-0058 Jurisdictional Appeal (December 19, 2006)

Fredrick Abbott

TBU-0062 Jurisdictional Appeal (March 13, 2007)

Misti Wall

TBU-0061 Jurisdictional Appeal (March 22, 2007)

Franklin C. Tucker

TBH-0023 (H.O. Fishman April 9, 2007)

TBA-0023 Appeal (OHA July 9, 2007)

Curtis Hall

TBH-0042 (H.O. Woods March 15, 2007)

TBA-0042 Appeal (OHA February 13, 2008)

TBB-0042 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed July 13, 2008)

Donald E. Searle

TBU-0065 Jurisdictional Appeal (May 17, 2007)

TBB-0065 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed January 7, 2008)

TBU-0079 Jurisdictional Appeal (July 25, 2008)

TBB-0079 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed December 8, 2008)

Delbert F. Bunch

TBU-0068 Jurisdictional Appeal (May 23, 2007)

Joseph O'Toole

Daniel L. Timmerman

Sharon M. Fiorillo

TBU-0070 Jurisdictional Appeal (July 16, 2007)

TBB-0070 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 4, 2008)

Steven J. Chavez

Nancy Henning

David K. Isham

TBH-0046 (H.O. Freimuth November 5, 2007)

TBA-0046 Appeal (Dismissed)

Frederick L. Higgs

TBH-0057 (H.O. Schwartz November 8, 2007)

Joshua Lucero

TBH-0039 (H.O. Fine November 18, 2007)

Fred Hua

TBU-0078 Jurisdictional Appeal (May 2, 2008)

Richard L. Urie

TBZ-0063 Motion to Dismiss

TBH-0063 (H.O. Palmer May 21, 2008)

David L. Moses

TBH-0066 (H.O. Goering Sept 3, 2008)

TBA-0066 Appeal (OHA December 18, 2008)

Dean P. Dennis

TBH-0072 (H.O. Augustyn Febuary 12, 2009)

TBA-0072 Appeal (OHA July 27, 2009)

TBB-0072 (H.O. Adeyeye) (Dismissed)

Jonathan Strausbaugh

TBD-0073 (H.O. Schwartz April 16, 2008)

TBH-0073 (H.O. Schwartz December 10, 2008)

Richard L. Rieckenberg

TBD-0075 (H.O. Schwartz April 16, 2008)

TBH-0075 (H.O. Schwartz December 10, 2008)

Roger Dunn

DONALD E. SEARLE

Leslie D. Cumiford

TBU-0081 Jurisdictional Appeal (September 18, 2008)

Thomas L. Townsend

TBU-0082 Jurisdictional Appeal (October 6, 2008)

William P. Pitchford

John Merwin

Clarissa V. Alvarez

TBU-0084 Jurisdictional Appeal (January 26, 2009)

James J. Myers

TBZ-0083 Interlocutory Order

TBH-0083 (H.O. Chapman) (Dismissed)

Donald Searle

C. David Rowlett

DAVID L. MOSES

Leslie D. Cumiford

Billy Joe Baptist

TBZ-0080  Interlocutory Order (H.O. Cronin)

TBA-0080  Appeal (OHA December 3,2009)

David P. Sanchez

TBH-0087 (H.O. DeMoura Januray 22, 2010)

TBZ-0087 Motion to Dismiss