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AVILES v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

No. 14-60645.

799 F.3d 457 (2015)

Jorge A. AVILES, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfonso Kennard, Jr., Esq. (argued), Acting Assistant Attorney General, Monica Nunez-Garza, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Katrina Marie Lederer , Attorney Advisor (argued), Bryan Polisuk , Washington, DC, Michael L. Salyards , Dallas, TX, for Respondent.

Emma E. Bond , Trial Atty (argued), Allison Kidd-Miller , Washington, DC, for Intervenor.

Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Former IRS agent Jorge Aviles asserts that he was fired in retaliation for protected whistleblowing. Aviles alleges that he uncovered that ExxonMobil Corporation ("Exxon") had perpetrated a $500 million tax fraud and that IRS officials covered it up. Aviles claims he disclosed this information to his supervisors and...

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