Thomas v. Hutson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA PEARLINA THOMAS CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 24-768 SUSAN HUTSON SECTION “O” ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is the motion1 of Defendant Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to dismiss the

41 U.S.C. § 4712

whistleblower-reprisal claim of Plaintiff Pearlina Thomas for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). Sheriff Hutson contends that the Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction because Section 4712 requires a whistleblower-reprisal plaintiff like Thomas to exhaust administrative remedies before…