COLSON v. BRADLEY

No. 72-1537.

477 F.2d 639 (1973)

Captain Robert S. COLSON, Jr., Appellant, v. Major General BRADLEY and Melvin Laird, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis L. Ruppert, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Wendell K. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and NICHOL, District Judge.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

On March 20, 1972, while serving as a captain in the United States Army, the petitioner, Robert S. Colson, Jr., filed in the District Court for the Western District of Missouri a petition to enjoin his pending discharge from the service on April 6, 1972, and for mandamus relief. The relief sought by petitioner was a review of his Article 138 complaint, 10 U. S.C. § 938,1 for correction of a low efficiency report...

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