USDOL/OALJ Reporter: Whistleblower Decisions
ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT 2002 and 2003-ERA

2002-ERA

2002-ERA-1 Bell v. U.S. Enrichment Corp.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ June 5, 2002) (Daniel J. Roketenetz) HTML
  • [consolidated with 2002-ERA-10]

2002-ERA-2 Sudnak v. Union Electric Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Jan. 31, 2002) (Daniel L. Leland) HTML
  • [settled together with 2000-ERA-30]

2002-ERA-3 Reid v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

  • Recommended Decision & Order of Dismissal for Failure to Comply with Lawful Orders (ALJ Dec. 26, 2002) (Michael P. Lesniak) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Dec. 16, 2003) HTML

2002-ERA-5 Hasan v. J.A. Jones - Lockwood

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Sept. 17, 2002) (Larry W. Price) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB June 25, 2003) HTML
  • Certification to 4th Circuit, Hasan v. Administrative Review Board , No. 03-1853 (ARB Aug. 22, 2003)
  • Amended Certification to 4th Circuit, Hasan v. Administrative Review Board , No. 03-1853 (ARB Sept. 12, 2003)
  • Appeal transferred to the 11th Circuit

2002-ERA-6 Thingvoll v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement & Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ May 14, 2002) (Gerald M. Tierney) HTML

2002-ERA-7 Gerhardt v. Exelon Nuclear

  • Recommended Decision and Order - Case Dismissal with Prejudice (ALJ Apr. 4, 2002) (Richard T. Stansell-Gamm) HTML

2002-ERA-8 Uremovic v. Exelon Nuclear

  • Recommended Decision and Order - Case Dismissal with Prejudice (ALJ Apr. 4, 2002) (Richard T. Stansell-Gamm) HTML

2002-ERA-9 Jackson v. Northrop Grummon Corp.

  • [On March 11, 2002, this case number was administratively closed out and the case renumbered as 2002-CAA-15.]
  • See 2002-CAA-15 for orders.

2002-ERA-10 Bell v. U.S. Enrichment Corp.

  • [consolidated with 2002-ERA-1]
  • see 2002-ERA-1 for orders

2002-ERA-11 Dobaldo v. Yonkers Contracting Co., Inc.

  • Order of Dismissal (ALJ Feb. 1, 2002) (Ralph A. Romano) HTML

2002-ERA-12 Osman v. Exelon Nuclear

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ June 26, 2003) (Pamela Lakes Wood) HTML

2002-ERA-14 Anderson v. York Power Authority

  • Order Granting Withdrawal of Claim (ALJ July 11, 2002) (Paul H. Teitler) HTML

2002-ERA-15 Puckett v. Tennessee Valley Authority

  • Final Order Denying Interlocutory Appeal (ARB Sept. 26, 2002) HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order of Dismissal for Failure to Comply with Lawful Orders (ALJ Nov. 21, 2002) (Larry W. Price) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB June 25, 2004) HTML | PDF

2002-ERA-16 Rigler v. American Electric Power Co./Indiana Michigan Power Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreements (ALJ Aug. 13, 2002) (Daniel J. Roketenetz) HTML
  • [consolidated with 2002-ERA-25]

2002-ERA-17 De Melo v. U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Oct. 30, 2002) (Thomas M. Burke) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB June 22, 2004) HTML | PDF

2002-ERA-18 Hasan v. J.A. Jones Management Services, Inc.

  • Order Denying Complainant's Emergency Motion to Vacate ALJ's Orders Denying Motion to Amend Complaint, Denying Motion to Compel & Denying Request for Continuance (ARB July 16, 2002) HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Sept. 19, 2002) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB June 25, 2003) HTML
  • Certification to 4th Circuit, Hasan v. Administrative Review Board , No. 03-1852 (ARB Aug. 22, 2003)
  • Hasan v. USDOL , No. 03-1852 (4th Cir. July 9, 2004) (unpublished) (affirming the ARB's order affirming the ALJ's order dismissing the complaint) PDF

2002-ERA-19 So v. American Electrical Power

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approval of Settlement Agreement (ALJ Sept. 25, 2002) (Robert L. Hillyard) HTML

2002-ERA-20 Moore v. Energy Northwest

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ May 21, 2003) (Daniel A. Sarno, Jr.) HTML

2002-ERA-22 Turpin v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

2002-ERA-23 Marbach v. Comphealth

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement & Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ Sept. 18, 2002) (Richard D. Mills) HTML

2002-ERA-24 Cunningham v. Tampa Electric Co., Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision (ALJ Dec. 18, 2002) (Alice M. Craft) HTML

2002-ERA-25 Smith v. American Electric Power Co./Indiana Michigan Power Co.

  • [consolidated with 2002-ERA-16]
  • see 2002-ERA-16 for orders

2002-ERA-27 Ingram v. Shelly & Sands, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Apr. 13, 2004) (Rudolf L. Jansen) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order Dismissing Appeal (ARB Mar. 31, 2005) PDF

2002-ERA-28 Shirani v. Com/Exelon Corp.

  • Order Denying Respondent's Emergency Motion for Protective Order & Order Denying Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision (ALJ Dec. 4, 2002) (Robert J. Lesnick) HTML
  • Final Order Denying Emergency Appeal of the the Denial of Respondents' Motion for a Protective Order (ARB Dec. 10, 2002) HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Apr. 30, 2003) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Sept. 30, 2005) PDF
  • Appeal filed, Shirani v. USDOL , No. 05-4455 (7th Cir.)
  • Shirani v. USDOL , No. 05-4455 (7th Cir. June 28, 2006) (unpublished) (affirming ARB) PDF

2002-ERA-29 Hasan v. Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

  • Order Denying Motion for Recusal (ALJ July 8, 2002) (Lee J. Romero, Jr.) HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order of Dismissal (ALJ July 17, 2002) HTML

2002-ERA-30 Tipton v. Indiana Michigan Power Co.

  • Order Addressing Admissibility of Certain Exhibits (ALJ Nov. 10, 2003) (Joseph E. Kane) HTML
  • Proposed Decision & Order (ALJ June 29, 2004) HTML
  • Erratum & Recommended Order (ALJ July 2, 2004) HTML
  • Preliminary Order Granting Relief (ALJ July 2, 2004) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Sept. 29, 2006) PDF | HTM
  • Appeal filed on Oct. 30, 2006, Indiana Michigan Power Co. v. USDOL , No. 06-4426 (6th Cir.)
  • Order Granting Reconsideration & Denying Motion for Stay (ARB June 27, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Appeal filed on July 23, 2007, Tipton v. USDOL , No. 07-3928 (6th Cir.)
  • Indiana Michigan Power Co. v. USDOL , No. 06-4426 and 07-3928 (6th Cir. May 20, 2008) (unpublished) PDF | HTM
  • Order on Attorney's Fees (ARB Dec. 18, 2008) PDF | HTML
  • Supplemental Order on Attorney's Fees (ARB Aug. 25, 2010) PDF | HTML

2002-ERA-31 Turcotte v. Indiana Michigan Power Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Granting Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice Based on Voluntary Settlement (ALJ Sept. 4, 2002) (Edward Terhune Miller) HTML

2002-ERA-32 Hasan v. Sargent & Lundy

  • Order Holding Case in Abeyance (ALJ Jan. 8, 2003) (Joseph E. Kane) HTML
  • Order Holding Motion to Strike Complainant's Motion in Abeyance & to Show Cause (ARB Mar. 28, 2003) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order of Dismissal (ARB Aug. 24, 2004) HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (ALJ May 6, 2005) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Aug. 31, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Hasan v. USDOL , No. 07-3541 (7th Cir. Dec. 10, 2008) (affirming ARB's dismissal) PDF | HTM

2002-ERA-33 Yelon v. University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Mar. 5, 2003) (Linda S. Chapman) HTML

2002-ERA-34 Neal v. Energy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ Nov. 29, 2002) (Daniel F.Sutton) HTML

2002-ERA-35 Cheung v. Amersham Health

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Dec. 19, 2002) (Pamela Lakes Wood) HTML

2002-ERA-36 Staskelunas v. Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

  • Summary Decision (ALJ Mar. 19, 2003) (Stuart A. Levin) HTML

2002-ERA-37 Duncan v. Burns International Security

  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Oct. 9, 2003) (Pamela Lakes Wood) HTML

2002-ERA-38 Bockus v. Amergen Energy Co. LLC

  • Order of Dismissal (ALJ Nov. 18, 2002) (Ralph A. Romano) HTML

2002-ERA-39 Mattimoe v. Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Respondent Department of Energy (ALJ Mar. 20, 2003) (Jennifer Gee) HTML

2002-ERA-40 Mattimoe v. U.S. Dept. of Energy

  • [consolidated with 2002-ERA-39]
  • see 2002-ERA-39 for orders

2003-ERA

2003-ERA-1 Pierce v. United States Enrichment Corp.

  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ June 30, 2003) (Joseph E. Kane) HTML

2003-ERA-2 Boyles v. Florida Power & Light

  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Apr. 14, 2003) (Stephen L. Purcell) HTML

2003-ERA-3 Geary v. Indiana Michigan Power Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement & Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ June 26, 2003) (Pamela Lakes Wood) HTML

2003-ERA-4 Lewis v. CH2M Hill Hanford Group

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Each Case (ALJ Dec. 17, 2003) (Gerald M. Etchingham) HTML
  • [consolidated with 2003-ERA-5]

2003-ERA-5 Stone v. CH2M Hill Hanford Group

  • [consolidated with 2003-ERA-4]
  • see 2003-ERA-4 for orders

2003-ERA-6 Kelly v. United States Enrichment Corp.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement, Order Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ Jan. 8, 2004) (Thomas F. Phalen, Jr.) HTML

2003-ERA-7 Hasan v. J.A. Jones, Inc.

  • Order Dismissing Cases (ALJ May 18, 2015) (Romero) PDF

2003-ERA-8 Batten v. Wackenhut Nuclear Services Division

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement & Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ALJ Aug. 5, 2003) (Clement J. Kennington) HTML

2003-ERA-9 Hibler v. Exelon Nuclear Generating Co., LLC

  • Order Denying Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (ALJ May 5, 2003) (Michael P. Lesniak) HTML
  • Order Granting Respondent's Request for Certification & Staying Hearing (ALJ June 4, 2003) HTML
  • Order Dismissing Petition for Interlocutory Review (ARB Feb. 26, 2004) PDF
  • Recommended Decision & Order - Dismissing Claim (ALJ Dec. 15, 2004) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Mar. 30, 2006) PDF

2003-ERA-10 Rockefeller v. U.S. Dept. of Energy

  • Recommended Decision & Order Removing Case from Calendar, Granting Summary Judgment Dismissing Case & Ruling on Various Motions (ALJ Mar. 28, 2003) (Donald B. Jarvis) HTML
  • Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration (ALJ July 3, 2003) HTML
  • Order of Consolidation and Final Decision and Order of Dismissal, In Part, and Remand, In Part (ARB Aug. 31, 2004) HTML
  • [ARB consolidation with 2002-CAA-5]
  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Case (ALJ Jan. 11, 2005) (Jennifer Gee) PDF
  • Order Denying Reconsideration (ARB May 17, 2006) PDF

2003-ERA-11 Farmer v. Alaska Dept. of Transporation & Public Facilities

  • Order Denying Request to Withdraw from Case Without Prejudice & Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Sept. 19, 2003) (Jennifer Gee) HTML
  • Final Order of Dismissal (ARB Dec. 17, 2004) PDF
  • Appeal filed, Farmer v. Secretary of Labor, USDOL , No. 05-70725 (9th Cir. Feb. 11, 2005)
  • Procedurally terminated without judicial action, Farmer v. Secretary of Labor, USDOL , No. 05-70725 (6th Cir. June 6, 2006)

2003-ERA-12 Keener v. Duke Energy Corp.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Apr. 19, 2004) (Daniel L. Leland) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB July 31, 2006) PDF | HTML

2003-ERA-13 Siemaszko v. First Energy Nuclear Operating Company

  • Decision & Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision (ALJ July 14, 2009) (Richard A. Morgan) HTML
  • Order of Remand (ARB Feb. 29, 2012) PDF | HTM
  • Decision and Order Approving Confidential Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ALJ Aug. 10, 2012) HTM

2003-ERA-14 Goyal v. First Energy Nuclear Operating Co.

  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Sept. 30, 2003) (Richard A. Morgan) HTML

2003-ERA-15 Gai v. University of Connecticut

  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Apr. 27, 2004) (Stephen L. Purcell) HTML

2003-ERA-16 Steve v. Exelon Generation Co., LLC

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Oct. 9, 2003) (Paul H. Teitler) HTML

2003-ERA-17 Reid v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Aug. 29, 2003) (Daniel F. Sutton) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Oct. 19, 2004) PDF

2003-ERA-18 Hannum v. Detroit Edison Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Nov. 30, 2004) (Gerald M. Etchingham) PDF
  • [see also 2003-ERA-25]

2003-ERA-19 Kleinschmidt v. Framatome ANP Duke Engineering & Services, Inc.

  • Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Jan. 29, 2004) (Edward Terhune Miller) HTML

2003-ERA-20 Gooldy v. Fluor Hanford, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order of Dismissal (ALJ Mar. 18, 2004) (Gerald M. Etchingham) PDF

2003-ERA-21 Gipson v. LKQ Manchester Auto Parts

  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Oct. 1, 2003) (Richard D. Mills) HTML

2003-ERA-22 Patrickson v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Mar. 3, 2005) (Daniel Solomon) PDF
  • Order Denying Complainant's Motion for Reconsideration & Denying Request to Stay Attorney Fee Petition (ALJ Mar. 31, 2005) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Aug. 31, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Patrickson v. USDOL , No. 07-4574 (2d Cir. Dec. 18, 2008) (unpublished) (petition for review denied) PDF | HTM

2003-ERA-23 Chamberlain v. Omaha Public Power District

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Case with Prejudice (ALJ Oct. 22, 2003) (Rudolf L. Jansen) HTML

2003-ERA-24 Quinones v. Bd. of Regents, Univ. of California

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement (ALJ Apr. 12, 2004) (Paul A. Mapes) HTML

2003-ERA-25 Hannum v. Fluor Hanford, Inc. and Master-Lee Hanford

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondent Master-Lee & Fluor Hanford's Motions for Summary Decision & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Mar. 31, 2004) (Gerald M. Etchingham) HTML
  • Order Denying Complainant's Motions to Reopen Record & for Reconsideration (ALJ Apr. 30, 2004) PDF

2003-ERA-26 Johnson v. Burns & McDonnell

  • Order Recommending Settlement & Dismissal of Case (ALJ Aug. 1, 2005) (Joseph E. Kane) PDF

2003-ERA-27 Adams v. Long View Inspections

  • Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Nov. 3, 2003) (Alexander Karst) HTML

2003-ERA-28 Erickson v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Case Number Administratively Closed (ALJ Oct. 8, 2003) (Thomas M. Burke) [case was redocketed with CAA number]

2003-ERA-29 Mecklosky v. Consolidated Edison

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision & Dismissing the Complaint (ALJ Mar. 2, 2004) (Ralph A. Romano) HTML

2003-ERA-30 Swenk v. Exelon Generation Co., LLC

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing the Complaint (ALJ Nov. 13, 2003) (Robert D. Kaplan) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ARB Apr. 28, 2005) PDF

2003-ERA-31 Hasan v. Enercon Services, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (Granting Summary Judgment & Denying Complaint) (ALJ Jan. 15, 2004) (Larry W. Price) HTML
  • Final Decision &Order (ARB May 18, 2005) PDF
  • Order Denying Reconsideration (ARB Jan. 13, 2010) PDF | HTM
  • Hasan v. USDOL, No. 10-1288 (3rd Cir. Oct. 6, 2010) (per curiam) (unpublished) PDF | HTM
  • Hasan v. USDOL, No. 10-1288 (3rd Cir. Nov. 1, 2010) (petition for rehearing en banc denied) (unpublished) PDF | HTM

2003-ERA-32 Hasan v. Southern Co., Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondents' Motions to Dismiss and For Summary Decision (ALJ Jan. 6, 2004) (C. Richard Avery) HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Mar. 29, 2005) PDF

2003-ERA-7 Hasan v. Professional Project Services a/k/a J.A. Jones Services Group, Inc.

  • Order Dismissing Cases (ALJ May 18, 2015) (Romero) PDF