Pruitt v. Cheney

963 F.2d 1160 61 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 800 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. Argued and Submitted Aug. 5, 1988. Decided Aug. 19, 1991. Amended Opinion on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Filed May 8, 1992. May 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, Inc., 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. ORDER 1 The panel has voted unanimously to amend the opinion…