United States Federal Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's Whistleblower Protection Act case is affirmed where collateral estoppel bars relitigation of whether his disclosures qualify for protected status since the disclosures were deemed protected in a previous adjudication.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2005
• Published 09/27/2005

Judges

• CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, CLEVENGER and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Segerblom, of Las Vegas, Nevada, argued for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Reid Prouty, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and David M. Cohen, Director.   Of counsel was Mark A. Melnick, Assistant Director.