Coppinger-Martin
Coppinger-Martin v. Solis
Opinion
Opinion
Smith, J.
Carole Coppinger-Martin alleges that Nordstrom, Inc. violated the whistleblower-protection provision of the SarbanesAct of 2002(SOX), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, by terminating her employment in retaliation for her reporting to supervisors conduct she believed violated the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She petitions for review of the final order of the United States Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) that dismissed her complaint as untimely filed. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1514A(b)(2)(A) and 49 U.S.C. § 42121 (b)(4).
We conclude that the ARB properly dismissed Coppinger-Martin’s complaint as untimely. We therefore deny the petition for review.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Nordstrom hired Coppinger-Martin as Chief Technical Architect of its Business Information Systems Strategic Planning Group in May 1999. In the summer of 2005, Coppinger-Martin reported to her immediate supervisor, Dan Little, that she believed security vulnerabilities in Nordstrom’s information systems exposed the company to potential SEC violations. Although Coppinger-Martin previously had received favorable work-performance…