The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's watchdog closed its investigation into a whistleblower retaliation complaint from a former head of Little Rock's public housing agency.
A March 11 letter to Nadine Jarmon's attorney, Chris Corbitt, stated that her federal lawsuit against the Metropolitan Housing Alliance meant the federal housing department's Office of Inspector General would not proceed with investigating one of her two complaints against the housing authority board of commissioners.
In June, Jarmon filed a 161-page complaint to both the city and the local HUD field office, alleging widespread misconduct by the housing authority board and calling for the removal of all five commissioners.
Jarmon had been the agency's executive director since April, and the board suspended her with pay days after her complaint. She filed a second complaint with the HUD fraud hotline on Aug. 21, claiming her suspension was retaliatory.
The board fired Jarmon four days later. She sued the agency in October, alleging the firing was a direct retaliation for the additional complaint.
The HUD inspector general's office told Jarmon's attorney in the March 11 letter that she had not "exhausted [all] administrative remedies" for her removal, as she claimed in the lawsuit.
Additionally, the letter cites the federal statute that covers whistleblower protection. It states that an inspector general does not need to investigate a complaint of retaliation if the complaint is already...
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