Dumas v. United States

Plaintiffs, as Airmen First Class in the United States Air Force, were charged with wrongful possession of marijuana and accepted nonjudicial punishment from their commanding officer pursuant to Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 815 (1976). They were ordered to forfeit $50.00 of their pay for two months and received a suspended reduction in grade. In this court, alleging constitutional defects in the Article 15 proceeding under the fourth, fifth and sixth amendments, plaintiffs demand correction of all records and return of their lost pay. The airmen moved for summary…