Larsen v. United States Navy

MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Defendants’

Motion to Dismiss

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court on the defendants’ motion to dismiss. The plaintiffs, Charles Larsen, Gregory McNear, David Myers and James Linzey, are four non-liturgical Protestant ministers who applied for but were denied commissions in the Navy Chaplain Corps (“the Corps”). They bring suit against the Navy and the Secretary of the Navy (“defendants”) to challenge “the systematic and pervasive religious prejudice in the accession decisions of the Corps.” Compl. ¶…