Chen

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 29 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-3519

DING CHEN,

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-01905-ODW-MRW v.

DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, Secretary of the Army, MEMORANDUM* Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Otis D. Wright, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 20, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: BERZON, FRIEDLAND, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Ding Chen appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

summary judgment and affirming the findings and determinations of the Army

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

1 Board for Correction of Military Records (“Correction Board”). We have

jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Animal

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