23463 | 5th Cir. | Aug 11, 1966
362 F.2d 801" date_filed="1966-08-11" court="5th Cir." case_name="James C. Tuggle v. Harold Brown, Secretary of the Air Force">362 F.2d 801
James C. TUGGLE, Appellant,
v.
Harold BROWN, Secretary of the Air Force, Appellee.
No. 23463.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
June 28, 1966.
Rehearing Denied August 11, 1966.
William A. Harmening, Orlando, Fla., for appellant.
Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for appellee.
Before BROWN and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is from the denial of Airman Tuggle's motion that the Secretary be temporarily enjoined from granting him an undesirable discharge from the Air Force and from the dismissal of his complaint seeking both a temporary and permanent injunction. Because it appears that Appellant has yet to exhaust available post-discharge administrative remedies, following our recent decision in McCurdy v. Zuckert, 5 Cir., 1966, 359 F.2d 491" date_filed="1966-05-06" court="5th Cir." case_name="Rufus R. McCurdy Jr. v. Eugene M. Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force">359 F.2d 491 [Apr. 14, 1966], we hold that resort to the District Court was premature. See Beard v. Stahr, 1962, 370 U.S. 41" date_filed="1962-05-28" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Beard v. Stahr">370 U.S. 41, 82 S. Ct. 1105, 8 L. Ed. 2d 321; Michaelson v. Herren, 2 Cir., 1957, 242 F.2d 693" date_filed="1957-03-13" court="1st Cir." case_name="Samuel Michaelson v. Lt. General Thomas Herren">242 F.2d 693. But see Covington v. Schwartz, 9 Cir., 1965, 341 F.2d 537" date_filed="1965-02-10" court="9th Cir." case_name="J. W. Schwartz, Individually and as Commanding General of the United States Army, Letterman General Hospital v. Napoleon Covington">341 F.2d 537; Ogden v. Zuckert, 1961, 111 U.S.App.D.C. 398, 298 F.2d 312" date_filed="1961-12-14" court="D.C. Cir." case_name="William B. Ogden v. Eugene M. Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force">298 F.2d 312; Reed v. Franke, 4 Cir., 1961, 297 F.2d 17" date_filed="1961-11-07" court="4th Cir." case_name="Milton Reed v. Honorable B. Franke">297 F.2d 17. The District Court properly dismissed the complaint.
Affirmed.