Larsen v. United States Navy

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, District Judge.

After remanding this case to the district court with instructions to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims as moot, the D.C. Circuit recalled its mandate and remanded the record so that this court could indicate whether new evidence made the case newly viable. Having considered the parties’ briefing on the question in light of the Circuit’s decision, the court concludes that the case remains moot.

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiffs allege that the United States Navy denied them commissions in its Chaplain Corps pursuant to “illegal religious quotas,”…