Pruitt v. Cheney

943 F.2d 989 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,940 , 60 USLW 2141 Dusty PRUITT, Captain, U.S.A.R., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard CHENEY, * Secretary of Defense; Michael P.W. Stone, ** Secretary of the Army; Ronald W. Zeltman, Brigadier General, Commanding Officer U.S. Army Reserve Components Personnel and Administration Center, St. Louis, Missouri, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-5914. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 27, 1990. Argued Aug. 5, 1988. Decided Aug. 19, 1991. Mary Newcombe, Christopher G. Caldwell, Hedges and Caldwell, Jon Davidson, Paul Hoffman, Susan McGreivy, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. E. Roy Hawkens, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Paula Ettelbrick, Mickey Wheatley, Lambda Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, New York City, Charles T. Bumer, Nat. Lawyers Guild, San Diego, Cal., for amici curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER, CANBY and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant, Reverend Dusty Pruitt, appeals from the district court's dismissal, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.…