Legal Opinion
Heap v. Carter
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 1, 2015No. 1:14cv1490 (JCC/TCB)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge.
Dr. Jason D‘. Heap applied to be a chaplain in the U.S. Navy and was rejected. He, along with The Humanist Society, the organization that endorsed him for the chaplaincy, bring this suit against the Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy, and several military officers in their official and individual capacities alleging that the Department of Defense and the Navy have an unconstitutional-policy of discrimination against Humanism. This matter is before the Court on the Official Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and for Summary Judgment ,[Dkt. 42]…
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