ST. CLAIR v. SECRETARY OF NAVY

No. 97-3993.

155 F.3d 848 (1998)

Michael L. ST. CLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF NAVY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Douglas Stephens (argued), Wessels, Stojan & Stephens, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew B. Baker, Jr., Office of the United States Attorney, Dryer, IN, Geoffrey M. Coan (argued), Office of the Judge Advocate General, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Michael St. Clair, a sailor, ran into trouble during the fall of 1991 when he was arrested, twice, for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol over a span of several weeks. Because there seems to be no place for such a sailor in the nuclear submarine service of the United States Navy, the Navy gave St. Clair the heave ho with a general discharge rather than an honorable one. St. Clair has fought hard to get his...

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