U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Karen Fuerst v. The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Elizabeth Lee Branch
- Filed
- June 22, 2022
- Case
- Karen Fuerst v. The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia
- Case status
- Decided
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USCA11 Case: 21-10285 Date Filed: 06/22/2022 Page: 1 of 32 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-10285 ____________________ KAREN FUERST, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 1:20-cv-02027-MHC ____________________ USCA11 Case: 21-10285 Date Filed: 06/22/2022 Page: 2 of 32 2 Opinion of the Court 21-10285 Before NEWSOM, BRANCH, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges. BRANCH, Circuit Judge: By its plain text, the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”), 41 U.S.C. § 4701 et seq., protects employees of federal “contractor[s], subcontractor[s], grantee[s], [and] subgrantee[s] or personal services contractor[s]” from their employers’ retaliation for disclosing information that the employee reasonably believes to be evidence of gross mismanagement of a federal contract or grant, an abuse of authority related to a federal contract or grant, or a violation of a law, rule, or regulation pertaining to a federal contract or grant. 41 U.S.C. § 4712(a)(1). The…
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