Legal Opinion

Michael G. Holdiness v. A.M. Stroud, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 23, 1987No. 86-4128PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A former member of the National Guard, who was also employed as a civilian technician for the Guard, seeks to obtain damages from a number of his superior officers for alleged violation of his federal constitutional and statutory rights when he was barred from reenlisting, being thus involuntarily discharged from the Guard and from his employment as a civilian technician. Although his complaint invoked numerous bases for jurisdiction and asserted a number of separate claims, the district judge dismissed his suit for failure to state a claim for which relief can…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by53 opinions

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