Pattee v. Georgia Ports Authority

ORDER

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case stems from Roger Pattee’s termination as an officer with the Georgia Port Police (GPP), a department of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) charged with maintaining security and providing general law enforcement at Georgia’s ports. Doc. # 1. Pattee outlined security flaws in the Port of Savannah’s operations and, after receiving an apathetic response from GPP management at the Port, he emailed his opinions to a member of Georgia’s Homeland Security Task Force. As a result, Georgia’s Office of the Inspector General investigated the Port.…