Vierrether v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

This military back pay case comes before the court on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and the plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff, Stephen Vierrether, is a former Chief Boatswain’s Mate in the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard instituted an involuntary reduction in force program during 1988, and through this program Vierrether was involuntarily, but honorably, discharged from the Coast Guard on June 2, 1988. Vierrether alleges that the Coast Guard discharged him without a hearing before the Coast Guard administrative discharge board prior…