Legal Opinion

Ronald Eugene Henry v. United States Department of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy, and Board for Correction of Naval Records

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 1, 1996No. 95-2158PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The Board for Correction of Naval Records (BCNR) refused to upgrade Ronald Henry’s undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps. The district court reversed the BCNR, finding that its decision was arbitrary, capricious, and not supported by substantial evidence. Henry v. Department of the Navy, 886 F.Supp. 686 (E.D.Ark.1995). We conclude that BCNR’s decision was neither arbitrary nor capricious and that it was in fact supported by substantial evidence. We therefore reverse the judgment of the district court.

The BCNR may recommend that the Secretary of the…

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