Price v. Federal National Mortgage Association (Board decision, January 11, 2016)
Price v. Fannie Mae (DOL ARB 15-003): Appeal withdrawn
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Plain-English summary
Farley Price had asked the Board to review a Labor Department judge's dismissal of his Sarbanes-Oxley complaint against Fannie Mae. In December 2015, he told the Board he wanted to withdraw that appeal. The Board granted his request and dismissed the appeal without reviewing the complaint's merits. The order records Price's acknowledgment that the judge's dismissal would become the Department of Labor's final decision.
Decision snapshot
- Cited authority: Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A.
- Outcome: Price's appeal dismissed at his request; the judge's dismissal became final.
- Key point: Withdrawal ended Board review of the judge's dismissal.
Full text (DOL official public release)
U.S. Department of Labor
Administrative Review Board
200 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
IN THE MATTER OF:
FARLEY T. PRICE,
ARB CASE NO. 15-003
COMPLAINANT,
ALJ CASE NO. 2011-SOX-040
v. DATE: January 11, 2016
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”),
RESPONDENT.
BEFORE: THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
FINAL ORDER APPROVING WITHDRAWAL OF COMPLAINANT’S PETITION FOR REVIEW AND DISMISSING APPEAL
On October 10, 2014, Complainant Farley T. Price petitioned the Administrative Review Board requesting review of a Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge’s Dismissal of Complaint in this case arising under Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A (West Supp. 2015). On December 22, 2015, the Board received the Complainant’s Notice of Withdrawal, in which the Complainant stated that he wished to withdraw his appeal of the Judge’s Dismissal order. Complainant acknowledged that by withdrawing his appeal of the Judge’s Dismissal order, the order will become the Department of Labor’s final decision in this case.
Accordingly, we GRANT the Complainant’s request to withdraw his Petition for Review and DISMISS the appeal.
FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD:
Janet R. Dunlop
General Counsel
NOTE: Questions regarding any case pending before the Board should be directed to the Board. Telephone: (202) 693-6200, Facsimile: (202) 693-6220
USDOL/OALJ REPORTER
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