Legal Opinion
William James Coffman v. State of Michigan and Michigan Army National Guard, United States Department of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1997No. 95-2316PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, William Coffman, was an officer in the United States Army from 1979 until his discharge in 1993. Coffman, then a major in the Active Guard Reserve program (“AGR”), was involuntarily released from military service on March 19, 1993 for his repeated failure to complete a two-mile run in the time required by Army fitness standards. He challenged his dismissal before the Army Board for Correction of Military Records, which may review any military record “to correct error or remove an injustice.” 10 U.S.C. § 1552(a). The Board determined that Coffman…
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