Legal Opinion
Syneeda Lynn Penland v. Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 20, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2013-1465PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
Syneeda Lynn Penland sued the Secretary of the Navy to invalidate a decision by the Board for Correction of Naval Records (BCNR) to leave intact a court-martial conviction and to deny Ms. Penland clemency. The BCNR denied clemency, in part, because Ms. Penland was not a whistle-blower under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act. In this respect, the BCNR erred. The case will be remanded for reconsideration of whether Ms. Penland’s eligibility as a whistleblower and claims of retaliation entitle her to clemency.
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