Walter Tamosaitis v. Urs Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WALTER L. TAMOSAITIS, PH.D., an No. 12-35924 individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:11-cv-05157- v. LRS

URS INC., a Delaware corporation;

URS ENERGY AND CONSTRUCTION ORDER AND

INC., an Ohio corporation; U.S. AMENDED

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; URS OPINION

CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Lonny R. Suko, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 7, 2013—Seattle, Washington

Filed November 7, 2014 Amended March 4, 2015

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Richard A. Paez and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Order; Opinion by Judge Berzon TAMOSAITIS V. URS, INC.

SUMMARY*

Whistleblower / Energy Reorganization Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the U.S. Department of Energy from the suit, affirmed the grant of summary judgment in URS Corp.’s favor, and reversed the grant of summary judgment for URS Energy & Construction, Inc. in an action brought by a URS Energy employee…