Legal Opinion
Downey v. United States Department of the Army
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 19, 2015No. 1:14-cv-1503 (LMB/TCB)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEONIE M. BRINKEMA, District Judge.
Following an incident that occurred during a military ball in April 2012, plaintiff Lieutenant Colonel Christopher P. Dow-ney (“Downey” or “plaintiff’) was charged with three violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (“UCMJ”). Downey’s superior officer, twostar Major General Mark Milley (“Milley”), held an administrative hearing known as an “Article 15,” after which he found Downey guilty of one of the three charges — assault consummated by a battery. The only punishment Downey received as a direct result of this finding of guilt…
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