Legal Opinion

Sharpe v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 27, 2019No. 2018-1406PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Schall, Circuit Judge.

*1354 John E. Sharpe is an officer in the U.S. Navy. In a decision dated February 8, 2016, the Board for Correction of Naval Records ("BCNR" or "Board") found Mr. Sharpe's 2009 separation from the service to have been unlawful. Accordingly, the Board recommended that Mr. Sharpe be returned to active duty, and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy approved the Board's recommendation. Before us now is Mr. Sharpe's appeal of the November 8, 2017 decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims that sustained the Navy's decision to deny Mr. Sharpe, upon his return to active…

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