Legal Opinion
United States v. United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 7, 2004No. 04-70709PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Wilkins, a former Navy chaplain, sued the United States, alleging that he was selected for early retirement based on religious discrimination in the Navy’s hiring, promotion and retention of chaplains. He moved for an order compelling the officers who sat on his early retirement selection board, among others, to appear for depositions, and the United States opposed on the ground that Navy selection board proceedings are confidential pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 618(f). Noting that section 618(f) “has no specific language prohibiting judicial disclosure,” Zambrano v. INS, 972 F.2d 1122, 1126…
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