Gerald Walpin

Ex-AmeriCorps IG Gerald Walpin Loses Appeal In Wrongful Firing Suit

Rachel Slajda | January 5, 2011, 1:54PM

Gerald Walpin

Gerald Walpin, the former inspector general of the department overseeing AmeriCorps, lost an appeal in his lawsuit claiming that he was wrongfully fired by the Obama administration in June 2009.

A federal appeals court ruled against Walpin yesterday, writing in the panel's unanimous decision that Walpin does not have a "clear and indisputable right" to his old job.

Walpin's accusations of wrongdoing by the Obama administration quickly became a cause on the right. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who's about to become chair of the House Oversight Committee, opened an official Congressional inquiry into the firing with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Their report, however, didn't find any evidence of actual wrongdoing.

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