James Lewis v. United States

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JAMES R. LEWIS, Senior Airman (E- No. 19-56475 4), U.S. Airforce, Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv-00911- v. L-KSC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California M. James Lorenz, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted December 8, 2020 Pasadena, California Filed January 25, 2021 Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Circuit Judge, and David A. Ezra, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain…