ALLPHIN v. U.S.

No. 2013-5117.

758 F.3d 1336 (2014)

James ALLPHIN, Daniel Alvia, Frank Amador, Philip Anderson, Aaron Arce, Larry Armstrong, Paul Armstrong, Marcos Arreola, Michael Atienza, Jeremy Austad, Jeffrey Avey, James Bacolo, Jeffrey Bailey, Michael Baker, Kevin Baillargeon, Romelyn Bangloy, Christopher Bankes, Charles Barnette, Jose Barrios, Craig Baumcratz, Timothy Bautista, Walter Beasley, Jennifer Benson, Joshua Bigler, Brian Bordelon, Kevin Bragwell, Morgan Brooks, Michael Brophy, Christopher Brown, Kevin Brown, Tara Brown, Todd Browne, Derrick Brunson, Tom Burden, Joe Busby, Nicholas Butler, Jeffrey Camilo, Roderick Campbell, Luis Cardona, Jonathan Carter, Anthony Caudill, Maurice Celestine, Eric Champlin, Raymond Charnahan, Matthew Clark, Seth Clark, Eric Clevinger, Donald Conway, Daniel Cooperwood, Darrell Craddock, Kenneth Croston, Takoni Daniel, Stephen Darlow, Toccara Davis, John Decarlo, Nicholas Deckard, Nicholas Decorse, Adam Deitz, George Dekle, Jr., Angel Delgado-Burgos, Anthony Deluca, Edgar Diaz, Oscar Diaz, Nathan Dodson, Brian Dorsey, Travis Downing, Andrew Dyer, Amy Eckert, Daniel Edwards, Jason Evans, Franklin Everly, Giovanni Fadda, Maximillan Feige, Lee Ferguson, Severino Fernandez, Rudy Fierro, Kevin Fishel, Eduardo Flores, Stephanie Forman, Gregory Fox, Bryan Freeman, Kevin Gilles, Brandon Gokey, Antonio Gomez, Lemuel Gomez, Cyrus Gray, David Gray, Bethany Greene, Jason Greene, Marvin Guevara, Timothy Gwinn, Benjamin Haight, Jarrod Hale, Allen Hall, Andrew Hall, Kevin Halliwell, William Hamback, Gary Harpster, Joseph Heller, Gary Herrera, Mark Hirschey, Jason Hite, Robert Holmes, Laine Housecowdrey, Christopher Hucik, Timothy Huff, Rashad Hunt, Ryan Hutley, Auri Inocencio, Cory Dions, Corey Jackson, Gregory Jackson, Melvin Jackson, Jr., Richard Jackson, Jose Jallego, Christopher Jett, Theodore Jewell, April Johnson, Christopher Johnson, James Johnson, Randall Johnson, Derrick Jones, Levi Jones, Timothy Kaiser, Jason Kauffman, Brian Kenley, Christopher Kilbourne, James Kincaid, Nathan Klingman, Erik Kloster, David Knapp, Amado Kong, Kyle Krantz, Kenneth Kuchta, Gregory Kufchak, Jessica Kushon, Christopher Kuznicki, Bryan Lambrecht, Jamarion Lane, David Lash, Donald Layton, Jason Lee, Timothy Lichtenberg, Joel Long, Daniel Lord, Jeremy Lord, Neil Lyon, Miguel Madrigal, Sean Mahjey, Eugene Mansueto, Luis Marroquin, Darwin Martinez, Joseph Masters, Brandon Maxwell, Christopher McDowell, Steven McFadden, Christopher McKenna, Ortiz Javier Medina, Matthew Medland, John Mersberg, Carley Mickle, Raul Milano, Gabriel Milbauer, Michael Mobley, Michael John Moore, Michael Jacob Moore, David Moreno, Kathryn Morgan, Boon Moua, Charles Moura, Ken Mueller, Marlon Munoz, Valentin Munoz, Terrill Murriell, Adam Mysliwy, Giovany Negron, Lawrence Niedermayer, Matthew Norton, Timothy Nuqui, Jorge Ortiz, Jose Paredes, Jon Parks, Alexander Partido, Lakwandalyn Patterson, William Patterson, Brian Payton, Matthew Peace, Jean Luc Pelchat, Jeffrey Perry, Earl Plumlee, Jeromy Poore, Phillip Potter, Veronica Powell, Gary Powers, Joshua Rabb, Alfredo Raguindin, Jill Ramdeen, Jeffrey Ramirez, Rosauro Ramos, Shawn Raymond, Brian Reeves, Ronald Reichenbach, Michael Richards, Jason Rile, John Rilling, Chrstian Rivas, William Rivera, Jr., Dario Roaquin, Lorie Roback, Ray Rodriques, Richard Rodriques, John Rogers, Jason Rotterman, Brandi Rue, Joshua Ruizrivera, Allen Ruiz, John Samia, Michael Sanders, Ricardo Santos, Jason Sauvageau, Cesar Schira, Ryan Scott, William Scott, Vishnu Seenath, Jason Severson, Matthew Shafer, Adam Shellenbarger, Christopher Shepherd, Brad Sibley, Ronald Simon, Devon Sims, Bradley Smith, Jesse Smith, Luke Smith, Daniel Snock, A. Sorrentino, Michael Sprague, Shawn Spriggle, Christopher Spurlock, John Stacy, Christopher Starkey, James Steele, John Stevens, Demarcus Stokes, Donald Sublett, Raymond Sutherland, Timothy Swanson, David Szymanski, Santos Tamez, Paul Tappen, Jeffrey Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, David Tello, James Terry, Michael Thomas, Alywin Thompson, Justin Thurman, Jeffrey Timms, Juan Torres-Tonche, Jason Tremblay, Ruel Valera, David Vasquez, Raul Vasquez, David Vaughn, Luis Vegas, Joseph Verhalen, Omar Vieraclass, Chitapanya Vongsouthi, William Walker, Natalie Wallace, Scott Watson, Joshua Webb, Bradley Wenzel, James White, Michael White, Charles Whitestone, Jonathan Wilburn, Jacob Wiley, Douglas Williams, Athena Williams, Jakeenan Williams, Marion Williams, Michael Wilson, Christopher Wolfe, Kevin Woods, Eric Wooten, Adam Worden, Jarvis Wright, Brent Yamada, Roger Yost, Christopher Young, Timothy Young, Lin Yuan, Paul Zepeda, and Andrew Zobava, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elvin E. Keller , Keller, Keller & Dalton of Oklahoma City, OK, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas K. Mickle , Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were

Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Bryant G. Snee , Acting Director, and Steven J. Gillingham , Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief was LCDR Andrew E. Carmichael , Office of the Judge Advocate General, United States Navy, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Daniel Gene Kim , Attorney, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC.

Before LOURIE, SCHALL, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, a putative class of over 300 former sailors, appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims' dismissal of their challenges to the Navy's implementation of an Enlisted Retention Board (ERB) that resulted in their honorable discharges. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In a March 2011 memorandum to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy explained that the Navy would be "challenged to reduce enlisted...

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