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RE: Interesting fact and interesting rumor
LOL! :- )
Dwight H. Sullivan
Acting Chief
Air Force Appellate Defense Division
(AFLOA/JAJA)
1500 West Perimeter Road, Suite 1100
Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762
240-612-4773
DSN: 612-4773
Fax: 240-612-5818
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Subject: RE: Interesting fact and interesting rumor
Dwight,
I will be disappointed for only one reason when this case ends, however it
ends, because I won't have as ready access to your brilliant writings and
entertainingly witty emails.
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Subject: Interesting fact and interesting rumor
Interesting fact: As you've probably seen, the President has nominated a
new judge for CAAF -- Kevin A. Ohlson, whose current job is heading DOJ's
professional misconduct review unit. Not a bad place for a judge
considering the Wuterich case to be coming from. (Of course, he probably
won't be confirmed anytime soon, so he probably won't be a player on our
writ appeal. But in the event of a conviction and sentence qualifying for
appellate review -- which hopefully will not occur -- he might be a very
good judge on direct appeal.)
Interesting rumor: I had previously heard that CAAF would operated as a
4-judge court until a new judge is seated. But I've now heard a contrary
rumor that Senior Judge Walter T. Cox III will sit with the court until a
new judge is confirmed. If that's true, I'm very happy. Judge Cox comes
from an earlier era at CAAF, when doing justice was considered more
important than, say, rigidly enforcing a made-up filing deadline. (Of
course, Chief Judge Effron was on the right side in that case, but
all-in-all, Judge Cox is likely to be less concerned with doctrinal matters
and more concerned with basic fairness than Chief Judge Effron is -- not a
slight against Chief Judge Effron, who is fabulous.) So our odds just got a
little better. Hell, we might now have a 16% chance of some outcome other
than a one-sentence denial without prejudice. :- )
Semper Fi,
DHS
Dwight H. Sullivan
Acting Chief
Air Force Appellate Defense Division
(AFLOA/JAJA)
1500 West Perimeter Road, Suite 1100
Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762
240-612-4773
DSN: 612-4773
Fax: 240-612-5818