Legal Opinion
Witt v. United States Department of the Air Force
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided September 24, 2010No. Case 06-5195RBLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RONALD B. LEIGHTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Margaret Witt challenges the constitutionality of the statute known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (“DADT”) found at 10 U.S.C. § 654, and its implementing regulations (in the case of the Air Force Reserve, through Air Force Instruction 36-3209). Witt claims that her discharge under DADT violated both her procedural and substantive due process rights under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
This Court has jurisdiction over the claims raised in this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 28 U.S.C. § 1346 because plaintiffs…
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