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.)
C. David Rowlett
TBH-0085 (Dismissed)
DAVID L. MOSES
TBB-0066 (Dismissed)
Leslie D. Cumiford
TBB-0081 , Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed 6/23/09)
Billy Joe Baptist
TBH-0080 (H.O. Cronin)
TBZ-0080
Interlocutory Order (H.O. Cronin)
Ronald Sorri
LWA-0001 (H. O. Mann)
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
LWA-0002 (H. O.
Hochstadt)
Deputy Secretary Decision affirming
LWA-0002 Decision and Order
LWX-0013 Suplemental Order
VWX-0001 Supplemental Order
University Research Association, Inc. (Dr. Naresh Mehta)
LWA-0003 (H. O. Wieker)
Deputy Secretary Decision reversing
LWA-0003 Decision and Order
LWZ-0023 Motion to Dismiss
LWN-0003 Interim Order
Wackenhut Services, Inc. (William S. Armijo)
LWA-0004 (Dismissed)
Francis M. O'Laughlin
LWA-0005 (H. O. Brown)
Deputy Secretary Decision affirming
LWA-0005 Decision and Order
LWZ-0026 Motion to Dismiss
LWZ-0027 Motion to Dismiss
Helen Gaidine Oglesbee
LWA-0006 (H. O. Mann)
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)
LWA-0007 (Dismissed)
Mary Ellen O'Brien
LWA-0008 (Dismissed)
Reynolds Electrical & Engineering (Mary Ellen O'Brien)
LWA-0009 (Dismissed)
Howard W. Spaletta
LWA-0010 (H. O. Klurfeld)
Deputy Secretary Decision
affirming LWA-0010 Decision and Order
VWX-0004 Supplemental Order
Lockheed Environmental Systems & Technology (Jacob D. Paz, Ph.D.
VWA-0001 (Dismissed)
County of Los Alamos (Peter I. Duran)
VWA-0002 (Dismissed)
Peter I. Duran
VWA-0003 (Dismissed)
Richard W. Gallegos
VWA-0004 (H. O. Klurfeld)
Daniel L. Holsinger
VWA-0005 (H. O. Woods)
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)
VWA-0006 (H. O. Tedrow)
C. Lawrence Cornett
VWA-0007 (H. O.
Hochstadt)
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)
VWA-0008 (H. O.
Hochstadt)
Deputy Secretary Decision affirming
VWA-0008 Decision and Order
K-Ray Security, Inc. (Daniel L. Holsinger)
VWA-0009 (H. O. Woods), remanded
by
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)
VWA-0010 (Dismissed)
Gerald Kelly
VWA-0011 (Dismissed)
Ronny J. Escamilla
VWA-0012 (H. O. Augustyn)
Deputy Secretary Decision affirming
VWA-0012 Decision and Order
Logistics Applications, Inc. (Eugene Greer)
VWA-0013 (H. O. Tedrow)
Charles Barry DeLoach
VWA-0014 (H. O. Dugan)
Am-Pro Protective Services, Inc. (Barry Stutts)
VWA-0015 (H. O. Freimuth)
Deputy Secretary Decision Denying
Review of Initial Agency Decicion, January 19, 2000
Arthur F. Murfin
VWA-0016 (H. O. Schwartz) (Dismissed)
VWZ-0008 Motion to Dismiss
Timothy E. Barton
VWA-0017 (H. O. Goering)
Thomas T. Tiller
VWA-0018 (H.O. Augustyn)
Deputy Secretary Decision affirming
VWA-0018 Decision and Order
David R. Kouns
VWA-0019 (H.O. Lipton) (Dismissed)
Jackie Hair Moldenhauer
VWA-0020 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed)
Carlos M. Castillo
VWA-0021 (H.O. Brown)
Michael D. Ares
VWA-0022 (H.O. Lipton) (Dismissed)
Dennis L. Glenn
VWA-0023 (H.O. Klurfeld) (Dismissed)
Russell P. Marler, Sr.
VWA-0024 (H.O. Brown)
Lookwood Green Technol.ogy
VWA-0025 (H.O. MacPherson) (Dismissed) (David Hill)
Joseph P. Carson
VWA-0026 (H.O. Klurfeld)
VBI-0045Whistleblower Reprisal
Complaint
Joseph F. Demelo
VWA-0027 (H.O. Lipton) (Dismissed)
Linda D. Gass
VWA-0028 (H.O. Goering) (Dismissed May 19, 2000)
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)
VWA-0029 (H.O. Mann) (Dismissed)
Fluor Daniel, Inc. (Milton T. Page)
VWA-0030 (H.O. Mann) (Dismissed)
Barbara Nabb
VWA-0031 (H.O. Woods)
VBA-0033 Appeal affirming VWA-0031
Decision and Order
VBB-0033 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed September 29, 2000)
Roger W. Hardwick
VWA-0032 (H.O. Lipton)
VBA-0032 Appeal affirming VWA-0032
Decision and Order
John Gretencord
VWA-0033 (H.O. Fine)
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
VWA-0034 (H.O. Goldstein)
VBA-0043 Appeal (Dismissed)
VWD-0002 Motion for Discovery
VWX-0014 Supplemental Order
Nicholas Dominguez
VWA-0035 (H.O. MacPherson) (Dismissed)
VWJ-0001 Motion for Protective
Order
Robert Gardner
VWA-0036 (H.O. Adeyeye)
Ann Johndro-Collins
VWA-0037 (H.O. Gray)
VBA-0038 Appeal
VBB-0038 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed August 21, 2000)
David M. Turner
VWA-0038 (H.O. Augustyn) (Dismissed)
VWD-0003 Motion for Discovery
VWD-0004 Motion for Discovery
VWD-0005 Motion for Discovery
Luis P. Silva
VWA-0039 (H.O. Mann)
VBZ-0013 Motion to Dismiss
VBZ-0014 Motion to Dismiss
Rosie L. Beckham
VWA-0040 (H.O. Freimuth)
VBA-0044 Appeal affirming VWA-0040
Decision and Order
Lucy B. Smith
VWA-0041 (H.O. Cronin July 11,
2000)
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
VWA-0042 (H.O.Fine) (Dismissed January 27, 2000)
VWZ-0016 Motion to Dismiss
VWZ-0017 Motion to Dismiss
TBU-0067 Jurisdictional Appeal (May 10, 2007)
Loyda G. Martinez
VWA-0043 (H.O. Palmer) (Dismissed)
Janet K. Benson
VWA-0044 (H.O. Augustyn May 22,
2002)
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
VBH-0002 (H.O. Augustyn)
VBR-0002 Motion for
Reconsideration
VBX-0002 Supplemental Request (Dismissed)
Carl J. Blier
VBH-0003 (H.O. Goldstein) (Dismissed)
VBZ-0003 Motion to Dismiss
Thomas Dwyer
VBH-0005 (H.O. Goering)
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
VBH-0006 (H.O. Klurfeld) (Dismissed)
Salvatore Gionfriddo
VBH-0007 (H.O. Lipton)
VBA-0007 Appeal affirming VBH-0007
Decision and Order
George F. Grafer, Jr.
VBH-0008 (H.O. Schwartz) (Dismissed)
Jagdish C. Laul
VBH-0010 (H.O. Wieker September 1,
2000)
VBA-0010 Appeal affirming VBH0010
Decision and Order March 9, 2001
VBB-0010 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed July 19, 2001)
Diane E. Meier
VBH-0011 (H.O. F. Brown)
VBA-0011 Appeal affirming VBH-0011
Decision and Order, July 28, 2000
William H. Meldrum, III
VBH-0012 (H.O. Adeyeye) (Dismissed July 26, 2000)
Roy Leonard Moxley
VBH-0014 (H.O. Schwartz)
VBX-0014 Supplemental Order
Morris J. Osborne
VBH-0015 (H.O. Wieker)
VBA-0015 appeal dismissed
Gary Roybal
VBU-0016 Jurisdictional Appeal
VBU-0037 Jurisdictional Appeal (Dismissed June 14, 2001)
VBB-0037 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed August 28, 2001)
Jimmie L. Russell
VBH-0017 (H.O. Woods July 18,
2000)
VBA-0017 Appeal dismissed January 8, 2001
Darryl D. Siemer
VBH-0018 (H.O. Cronin) (Dismissed)
Eugene J. Dreger
VBH-0021 (H.O. Breznay)
VBA-0021 Appeal affirming VBH-0021
Decision and Order June 27, 2000
VBB-0021 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed October 17, 2000)
Stephanie Ashburn
VBH-0023 (H.O. Gray)
Matthew Rooks
VBH-0024 (H.O. Gray)
Alizabeth Abramowicz Smith
VBH-0025 (H.O. Gray)
Debra Ann Springer
VBH-0027 (H.O. Jenkins-Chapman) (Dismissed)
Jiunn S. Yu
VBH-0028 (H.O. Fine)
VBZ-0028 Motion to Dismiss
Ricky L. Hamilton
VBH-0029 (H.O. Lipton) (Dismissed April 6, 2000)
Henry Makowitz
VBH-0030 (H.O. F. Brown) (Dismissed)
Mary T. Baker
VBH-0031 (H.O. Wieker) (Dismissed)
Jennifer Gentry
VBH-0034 (H.O. Mann)
Theresa G. Joyner
VBH-0035 (H.O. Freimuth)
Case No. VBH-0036
VBH-0036 (H.O.
MacPherson)
Edward J. Seawalt
VBU-0039 Jurisdictional Appeal
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
VBH-0042 (H.O. Klurfeld March 1,
2001)
VBX-0042 Supplemental Order April
20, 2001
VBA-0042 Appeal of Initial Agency
Decision and Order, November 1, 2001
Robert Getsla
VBH-0046 (H.O. Lipton) (Dismissed Agust 2, 2001)
Kevin Gallagher
VBH-0049 (H.O. Fishman) (Dismissed July 11, 2001)
Darryl H. Shadel
VBU-0050 Jurisdictional Appeal
VBH-0050 (H.O. Adeyeye) (Dismissed March 30, 2001)
James S. Hansard, Jr.
VBH-0053 (H.O. Lipton) (Dismissed September 5, 2001)
Bharat R. Damani
VBH-0054 (H.O. Mancke)
Jean G. Rouse
VBH-0056 (H.O. Augustyn March 6,
2001)
Janet L. Westbrook
VBH-0059 (H.O. Klurfeld December
21, 2001)
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
VBH-0060 (H.O. Mancke November 1,
2001)
VBA-0060 (OHA August 5, 2002)
VBX-0060 (OHA March 28, 2003)
VBB-0060 Secretarial Petition Review (Dismissed August 6, 2003)
Bernard F. Cowan
VBH-0061 (H.O. Woods June 27, 2002)
VBA-0061 (OHA February 27, 2003)
VBB-0061 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed November 26, 2003)
Susan Rice Gossett
VBZ-0062 (H.O. Fine May 8, 2002)
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
VBH-0063 (H.O. Cronin) (Dismissed August 20, 2001)
VBD-0063 Motion for Discovery
August 14, 2001
Pamela Gillis Watson
VBH-0064 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed June 8, 2001)
Vicckie Lee Tallent
VBU-0067 Jurisdictional Appeal (Dismissed April 4, 2001)
Ron D. White
VBH-0068 (H.O. Adeyeye July 15, 2002)
Charles D. Varnadore
VBH-0069 (H.O. Freimuth) (Dismissed September 14, 2001)
Raymond Gallegos
VBH-0070 (H.O. Fishman April 22,
2002)
Andrew Sanchez
VBH-0071 (H.O. Fishman April 22,
2002)
Rodney E. Gossett
VBH-0073 (H.O. Fine)
Mark J. Chugg
VBH-0074 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed October 24, 2001)
TBU-0002 Jurisdictional Appeal (November 7, 2002)
Michael McCambridge
VBH-0075 (H.O. Palmer)
Jeffrey Burnette
VBH-0076 (H.O. Goering) (Dismissed March 4, 2002)
TBU-0071 Jurisdictional Appeal
(August 30, 2007)
TBB-0071 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 4, 2008)
Ronald E. Timm
VBU-0077 Jurisdictional Appeal
(October 25, 2001)
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
TBH-0014 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed November 24, 2003)
Ronald Goetsch
TBH-0015 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed January 22, 2004)
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
TBH-0019 (Dismissed)
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
TBH-0016 (H.O. Brown) (Dismissed)
Philip B. Borris
TBU-0038 Jurisdictional Appeal (Dismissed November 8, 2005)
Caroline C. Roberts
TBU-0040 Jurisdictional Appeal (February 23, 2006)
TBB-0040 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed June 26, 2006)
Clarence A. Wethern, III
TBH-0037 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed)
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
TBH-0044 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed)
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
TBH-0055 (H.O. Fine) (Dismissed)
Daniel L. Timmerman
TBH-0059 (H.O. Augustyn) (Dismissed)
Sharon M. Fiorillo
TBU-0070 Jurisdictional Appeal (July 16, 2007)
TBB-0070 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed March 4, 2008)
Steven J. Chavez
TBH-0060 (H.O. Woods) (Dismissed)
Nancy Henning
TBH-0035 (H.O. DeMoura) (Dismissed)
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)
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
TBH-0077 (H.O. Adeyeye) (Dismissed)
DONALD E. SEARLE
TBH-0079 (H.O. Cronin) (Dismissed)
Leslie D. Cumiford
TBU-0081 Jurisdictional Appeal (September 18, 2008)
Thomas L. Townsend
TBU-0082 Jurisdictional Appeal (October 6, 2008)
William P. Pitchford
TBB-0029 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed November 2, 2004)
John Merwin
TBB-0052 Petition for Secretarial Review (Dismissed November 1, 2006)
Clarissa V. Alvarez
TBH-0084 (H.O. Goering) (Dismissed)
TBU-0084 Jurisdictional Appeal (January 26, 2009)
James J. Myers
TBZ-0083 Interlocutory Order
TBH-0083 (H.O. Chapman) (Dismissed)
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