Legal Opinion
Watson v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided July 13, 2001No. 00-608CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
HEWITT, Judge.
Before the court is defendant’s Motion to Dismiss on grounds of issue preclusion. Plaintiff Richard P. Watson was an officer in the United States Navy discharged under the military’s Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell (DADT) homosexual exclusion policy after fourteen years of service. First Amended Complaint (Complaint) ¶ 1; see also 10 U.S.C. § 654 (DADT policy). Prior to the present suit, plaintiff unsuccessfully attacked the constitutionality of his discharge from the Navy under DADT. See Watson v. Perry 918 F.Supp. 1403 (W.D.Wash.1996), aff'd, sub nom. Holmes v. Cal. Army…
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