Ellis v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff Ernest Ralph Ellis brings this military pay action pro se against the United States seeking to upgrade his discharge from general under honorable conditions to honorable, and to recover $36,320 in damages. The Defendant has moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the Plaintiff’s claim is barred by the statute of limitations and by the doctrine of laches. Plaintiff has cross moved for summary judgment and opposes Defendant’s motion. He alleges that a continuing mental illness, which he suffered from at the time of discharge, renders the statute of…