District Court, District of Columbia November 21, 2016, Civil Action No. 2016-0843 (Smith v. Obama)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

NATHAN MICHAEL SMITH,

Plaintiff

v. Civil Action No. 16-843 (CKK)

BARACK H. OBAMA,

Defendant

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(November 21, 2016)

Plaintiff is a U.S. Army Captain who was deployed, until recently, to the Kuwait

headquarters of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. Operation Inherent

Resolve is the designation the U.S.