Striplin v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BRADEN, Judge.

I. RELEVANT FACTS.1

In April 2007, Daniel R. Striplin (“Plaintiff’) accepted a position as a Quality Assurance Specialist with the Research Development and Engineering Command of the Department of the Army (“Army”) in Iraq. Am. Compl. Count I ¶ 3, Am. Compl. Ex. A; Gov’t Appx. at 54. Plaintiff performed “various management functions” in Iraq until May 9, 2008, when his deployment ended. Am. Compl. Count I ¶3-4, Count II ¶ 3-4.

II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY.

On June 29, 2010, Plaintiff filed a Complaint (“Compl.”) in the United States Court *495of Federal Claims…