Legal Opinion
Douglas COUPAR, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR), Respondents
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1997No. 95-70400; 92-TSC-00006PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
While incarcerated in a federal prison, Douglas Coupar filed with the Department of Labor environmental complaints against the government corporation that employed him. Coupar alleges that the corporation subsequently discriminated against him for having made those complaints, thereby violating the employee protection (“whistleblower”) provisions of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7622, and the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2622, (“the Acts”). The Secretary of Labor dismissed Coupar’s claim because he concluded that Coupar is not an “employee” within the…
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