• A former Erie County detective is suing the county and District Attorney, claiming he was fired for whistleblowing.
• The county contends the detective was fired due to a workplace altercation with another detective.
• Lawyers for the county and district attorney have filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit as lacking "any facts" to support Nawrockyj's claims that he was wrongfully let go.

A former detective in the Erie County District Attorney's Office is claiming he was fired for trying to blow the whistle on problems in the office.

Erie County government is contending that the ex-detective, Michael Nawrockyj, has only himself to blame, and that he was let go following a confrontation he had with another county detective.

The differing characterizations are emerging in U.S. District Court in Erie, where Nawrockyj sued the county and District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz in July, and where the county and Hirz filed a response on Sept. 25.

The lawyers for the county and Hirz want U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter to dismiss the whistleblower suit.

The lawyers argue that Nawrockyj's claims are legally deficient and fail to meet basic standards for pursuing a First Amendment case against the county and Hirz, who oversees the county detectives and fired Nawrockyj in May.

Ex-detective claimed he was exposing 'rampant corruption'

Nawrockyj is claiming Hirz fired him in retaliation for his attempt to expose "rampant corruption" in the District Attorney's Office.

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