Clarke

Clarke v. Multnomah County

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303 F. App'x 512
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 16, 2008No. 07-35366California459 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

Candace Clarke appeals from the district court’s order of summary judgment on her claims under the Oregon whistle-blowing protection statute, Or.Rev.Stat. § 659A.203, which forbids public employers from terminating employees in retaliation for making certain disclosures. Clarke argues that the district court erred by determining that she failed to make any “disclosures” necessary to sustain her claims under the statute. We affirm.

The facts and procedural history of this case are familiar to the parties, and we do not repeat them here. We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Devereaux v. Abbey, 263 F.3d 1070, 1074 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc).

The Oregon whistleblowing protection statute, Or.Rev.Stat. § 659A.203, forbids a *513 public employer from “[p]rohibit[ing] any employee from disclosing, or takfing] or threatening] to take disciplinary action against an employee for the disclosure of any information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of,” among other things, “[a] violation of any federal or state law” or “Mismanagement, gross waste of funds or abuse of authority or substantial and specific danger to public health and…

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