October 05, 2023
A Virginia federal judge has declined to rule the Pentagon in contempt for allegedly failing to abide by injunctions blocking its restrictive former policies for HIV-positive troops, saying a delay in scheduling training for one of the plaintiffs in an action challenging related DOD policies was not malicious.
June 09, 2022
The U.S. Department of Defense waved the white flag in its legal battle with HIV-positive service members, unveiling new enlistment policies that would prevent certain, infected service members from being booted from the military or barred from promotions for their HIV-status.
April 21, 2022
A Virginia federal judge on Thursday unsealed a decision stopping the U.S. Army and Air Force from discharging or blocking the promotions for asymptomatic HIV-positive servicemembers with undetectable viral loads, ruling that underlying HIV policies were "irreconcilable" with current medical evidence.
April 06, 2022
A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday issued a permanent injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Defense from discharging any asymptomatic HIV-positive service members with undetectable viral loads, siding with challengers who argued the policy unconstitutionally singled out those who are HIV-positive.
March 30, 2020
A Virginia federal court on Friday refused to shut out an advocacy organization from a National Guardsman and two Air Force members' suits accusing the U.S. Department of Defense of upholding a policy that unconstitutionally singles out HIV-positive service members.
February 15, 2019
A Virginia federal judge on Friday blocked the pending discharge of HIV-positive airmen by the U.S. Air Force, ruling that its HIV policies are irrational and do not reflect the availability of modern HIV treatments.