Adair v. Winter

MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

Denying the Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration

I. INTRODUCTION

In the latest iteration of this longstanding dispute between non-liturgical naval chaplains and the United States Navy, the Navy challenges Magistrate Judge Faceio-la’s ruling that the plaintiffs are entitled to discovery of proceedings of Selective Early Retirement (“SER”) boards. The plaintiffs’ underlying allegation is that they were the victims of religious discrimination at the hand of the SER boards and, in preparing this ease, seek discovery of SER-board proceedings. In the…