Legal Opinion
Slack v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 30, 2018No. Case No. 1:16-cv-00130 (TNM)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff Robyn Slack lost her job at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, after refusing to act as the sole point of contact for a procurement contract, which she believed would have violated the law. She sued WMATA for unlawful retaliation and her supervisor, Judy Mewborn, for defamation. WMATA has moved to dismiss two of Ms. Slack's retaliation claims, which arise under the False Claims Act and the District *151of Columbia Whistleblower Protection Act.1 Because sovereign immunity bars these claims, WMATA's Motion to Dismiss Counts I and III of the Complaint will be…
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