Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Dist. of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 2, 2018No. 14–cv–0294 (KBJ)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Gene Ryan ("Ryan") is an employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ("FEMS" or "the Department"). Ryan claims that he uncovered "widespread waste, fraud, and negligence within [FEMS]" while acting as the Department's EMS Oversight Officer, and that shortly after he publicly disclosed what he perceived to be the Department's internal deficiencies, Defendant Kenneth Ellerbe-then Chief of FEMS-removed him from the oversight position and returned him to his previous position of fulltime…
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