Legal Opinion
Clifford v. United States Coast Guard
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 10, 2013No. 11-CV-4770 (JFB)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH F. BIANCO, District Judge.
Pro se plaintiff John A. Clifford (“Clifford” or “plaintiff’) commenced this action against the United States Coast Guard (“Coast Guard”) and the United States of America (collectively, “defendants”) pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706 (the “APA”), seeking *302review of the Coast Guard’s decision denying him a merchant mariner credential with an officer endorsement as a master.1 Plaintiff alleges that the Coast Guard’s decision to deny him a credential as a master due to his diagnosis of a moderate area of…
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