Strang v. Marsh

OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

This is an action challenging the review procedures employed by Discharge Review Boards (“DRBs”) and Boards for the Correction of Military Records (“BCMRs”), administrative bodies created by Congress to review and determine whether to recharacterize less than fully honorable discharges given to military personnel. In particular, plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief requiring the defendant boards expressly to follow, distinguish or overrule prior board decisions when an individual seeking upgrade cites a prior decision in his…