Ok, well, we know where its heading. I was holding off on contacting character witnesses till we knew we'd need them. Want me to start contacting them? V/R, LTJG Gough Charles C. Gough LTJG, JAGC, USN Naval Legal Service Office North Central Detachment Great Lakes 2540 Paul Jones Street, Bldg 2, Ste 100 Great Lakes, IL 60088 (847) 688-4753, extension 108 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - Privacy Sensitive - Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure can result in both civil and criminal penalties. NOTICE: This e-mail communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain unclassified confidential and/or attorney-client privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying or dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by telephone or e-mail and delete all copies received. -----Original Message----- From: Haytham Faraj [mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:24 To: Clady, John E LCDR RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES; Gough, Charles C LTJG NLSO NC DET, GREAT LAKES Cc: Pennix, Elisabeth H LT RLSO MW; Whaley, Amanda G LN1 RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES; 'Mariam Chamesseddine' Subject: RE: Wofford Alternative Disposition Dear LCDR Clady, Upon discussions with IC1 Wofford regarding the possibility of a summary court-martial, it appears that we will not be able to providently plea to satisfy the command's needs. I will prepare to conduct a Board on November 23 and 24. -----Original Message----- From: Clady, John E LCDR RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES [mailto:john.clady@navy.mil] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:57 AM To: Gough, Charles C LTJG NLSO NC DET, GREAT LAKES; Haytham Cc: Pennix, Elisabeth H LT RLSO MW; Whaley, Amanda G LN1 RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES Subject: RE: Wofford Alternative Disposition Charlie: Just to make sure we're all on the same page -- the charges were withdrawn last week on Friday. We are currently drafting a memo to appoint a Board for 23 Nov 10. R/John -----Original Message----- From: Gough, Charles C LTJG NLSO NC DET, GREAT LAKES Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 7:55 To: Haytham; Pennix, Elisabeth H LT RLSO MW Cc: Clady, John E LCDR RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES; Whaley, Amanda G LN1 RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES Subject: RE: Wofford Alternative Disposition Mr. Faraj, Are we still doing a 0800 conference call? V/R, LTJG Gough Charles C. Gough LTJG, JAGC, USN Naval Legal Service Office North Central Detachment Great Lakes 2540 Paul Jones Street, Bldg 2, Ste 100 Great Lakes, IL 60088 (847) 688-4753, extension 108 -----Original Message----- From: Haytham [mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 19:11 To: Pennix, Elisabeth H LT RLSO MW Cc: Gough, Charles C LTJG NLSO NC DET, GREAT LAKES; Clady, John E LCDR RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES; Whaley, Amanda G LN1 RLSO MW, GREAT LAKES Subject: Re: Wofford Alternative Disposition Lis. Thanks for letting me know. In light of the CO's decision, I do not require a response to my discovery request. You will receive some requests for discovery regarding the board. Let's please schedule a conference call for 0800 your time on the 25th to coordinate the way ahead. Have a good trip to DC. Best, Haytham Faraj 760-521-7934 Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2010, at 2:48 PM, "Pennix, Elisabeth H LT RLSO MW" <elisabeth.pennix@navy.mil> wrote: > Gentlemen, > I wanted to inform you that CAPT Bethke, the CA in this case, has decided to alternatively dispose of IC1 Wofford's case. > > CAPT Bethke will withdraw and dismiss all charges that are currently referred to SPCM against IC1 Wofford, without prejudice to the government and will notify her of administrative separation for all of the now-charged offenses. CAPT Bethke has decided that based on all of the current circumstances, he will agree to take this to an administrative board. No out-of-area witnesses will personally appear for the government or for the defense. > > The paperwork to effectuate CAPT Bethke's wishes is in the works and we as the government, will forward that withdrawal paperwork to the judiciary for official withdrawal from the court docket as soon as we get it. > > I want you to know that I received your discovery request and plan on responding to it in writing sometime in the next week or two. Please let me know if you wanted to modify this request considering that we are now going to be heading towards an adsep board. I will be out of the office next week, TAD to DC, but will return on 25 October. The paperwork should be done and filed by then in my absence. > > In the meantime, let me know if you need anything from me and we'll work the process on this end in the next week. > > Take care, respectfully, > Lis > > LT Elisabeth H. Pennix, JAGC, USN > Senior Trial Counsel > Region Legal Service Office, Midwest > 2540 Paul Jones Street > Bldg. 2, Suite 300 > Great Lakes, IL 60088 > PH: (847) 688-3805, DSN: 792,3805 > FX: (847) 688-2481 > elisabeth.pennix@navy.mil > >
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