William O'Hara v. NIKA Technologies, Inc.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge King joined.

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

William C. O’Hara sued his employer, NIKA Technologies, Inc., under the so-called “whistleblower-protection provisions” of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the “ARRA”), Pub. L. No. 111-5,123 Stat. 297-99 (2009), claiming that NIKA fired him for disclosing another company’s alleged fraud on the government. The district court entered summary judgment for NIKA on the first claim because it determined that §…