Jeffrey Wiest v. Thomas Lynch

OPINION OF THE COURT

VANASKIE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Jeffrey Wiest brought an action under the whistleblower protection provisions set forth in Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, and under Pennsylvania law against Appellees Tyco Electronics Corporation and several officers and directors of Tyco Electronics (collectively, “Tyco”). The District Court granted Tyco’s Motion to Dismiss the federal whistleblower claims, declined to exercise supplemental *124jurisdiction over the state law claims, and denied Wiest’s Motion for Reconsideration. Concluding that the District…