Volker Keith Meinhold v. United States Department of Defense United States Department of the Navy, Volker Keith Meinhold v. United States Department of Defense United States Department of the Navy

34 F.3d 1469 65 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 1132 , 65 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 43,198 , 63 USLW 2150 Volker Keith MEINHOLD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; United States Department of the Navy, Defendants-Appellants. Volker Keith MEINHOLD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; United States Department of the Navy, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 93-55242, 93-56354. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 16, 1993. Decided Aug. 31, 1994. Mark I. Levy (argued) and E. Roy Hawkens (on the briefs), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. John I. McGuire, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee. Victor J. Wolski, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, amicus curiae for Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. Ruth E. Harlow, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, amicus curiae for American Civil Liberties Union. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: SKOPIL, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 These consolidated appeals present a number of questions arising out of…