Opinion ID: 2570
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Text: Donald J. Dibble is a former federal excepted service technician with the New York Air National Guard (Guard) who was denied reenlistment. Alleging that this denial was retaliation for Dibble's exercise of his constitutional and statutory rights, including his advocacy as a union representative, Dibble applied for administrative relief from the Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records (Board). When the Board denied his application, Dibble filed the present action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 702, against the Secretary of the Air Force (Secretary). [1] Judge Kahn granted the Secretary's motion for summary judgment. Dibble v. Fenimore, 488 F.Supp.2d 149 (N.D.N.Y.2006). For the reasons stated infra, we conclude that the doctrine of intramilitary immunity does not preclude judicial review of the Board's decision and that the Board's decision was not arbitrary or capricious, or unsupported by substantial evidence. We therefore affirm.