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RICHARDS v. KIERNAN

No. 05-2395.

461 F.3d 880 (2006)

Eugene R. RICHARDS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kathleen L. KIERNAN, Malcolm W. Brady, Edgar Domenech, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Mathews (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kurt Lindland (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Eugene Richards, a former employee of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), brought suit against his supervisors alleging that they violated his First Amendment rights by retaliating against him for his whistleblowing activities. The district court concluded that Richards' sole remedy was through the Merits Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and that his appeal from that decision should have been made to the United States...

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