Johnson et al v. Kendall

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:21-cv-01214

Court:

Connecticut

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Charles S. Haight, Jr

Firms

  1. April 25, 2023

    Air Force Will Reconsider Mental Health In Discharge Process

    The U.S. Air Force has agreed to reconsider less-than-honorable discharges it has handed out to service members struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues in order to resolve class claims that the military branch didn't take into consideration such histories when rejecting applications to upgrade discharge statuses.

  2. November 04, 2021

    Meet The Attorneys, Students Litigating Air Force Discharges

    A recent putative class lawsuit in Connecticut's federal district court pits a group of Yale Law School students, their Veterans Legal Services Clinic faculty advisers and a Jenner & Block LLC legal team against the U.S. Air Force leadership that their clients accused of ignoring service members' mental health when dealing out less-than-honorable discharges.