Legal Opinion
Thomas B. Roelofs v. Secretary of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 6, 1980No. 77-2088PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant challenges the validity of Section C of Air Force Manual (AFM) 39-12, which authorizes the Air Force t$ separate a servicemember who has been convicted by civilian authorities of certain types of offenses.1 That regulation prescribes that a servicemember who is discharged on the basis of a civilian court conviction normally should receive a less than Honorable Discharge.2 In Part I of this opinion, we reject appellant’s challenge to the validity of the relevant discharge regulations. For the reasons set forth in Part II, we remand the case in order to permit…
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