Here are my thoughts, along with my new address in the signature block. Semper Fi, DHS Dwight H. Sullivan Senior Appellate Defense Counsel 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 -----Original Message----- From: Sripinyo, Kirk Major NAMARA, CODE 45 [mailto:kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 2:14 PM To: Marshall Maj Meridith L; Neal Puckett; Sullivan, Dwight H CIV USAF AFLOA/JAJA Cc: Haytham Faraj; dhsullivan@aol.com; babu_kaza@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up I haven't gotten a response from the government regarding their consent, so the motion reflects that. Here's the draft. v/r Sip -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Maj Meridith L [mailto:meridith.marshall@usmc.mil] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 11:50 To: Neal Puckett; Sullivan, Dwight H CIV USAF AFLOA/JAJA Cc: Haytham Faraj; dhsullivan@aol.com; babu_kaza@hotmail.com; Sripinyo, Kirk Major NAMARA, CODE 45 Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up I don't think he will to be honest. Major Meridith L. Marshall Senior Defense Counsel MCAS, Miramar 858-577-1720 (desk line) dsn 267-1720 858-997-8332 (government cell) meridith.marshall@usmc.mil -----Original Message----- From: Neal Puckett [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:49 AM To: Sullivan, Dwight H CIV USAF AFLOA/JAJA Cc: Haytham Faraj; dhsullivan@aol.com; babu_kaza@hotmail.com; Marshall Maj Meridith L; kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil Subject: Re: Wuterich follow-up Daren Erickson. He made traveled to Iraq and did the depos. No way he doesn't rejoin as lead TC. No way. Neal A. Puckett, Esq. LtCol, USMC (Ret) Senior Partner Puckett & Faraj, PC 703.706.9566 www.puckettfaraj.com On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:38, "Sullivan, Dwight H CIV USAF AFLOA/JAJA"<Dwight.Sullivan@pentagon.af.mil> wrote: > Thanks! I think we'll be making a few filings this week. > > Babu, have your orders come through? > > Semper Fi, > DHS > > Dwight H. Sullivan > Senior Appellate Defense Counsel > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Haytham Faraj [mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:02 AM > To: dhsullivan@aol.com; babu_kaza@hotmail.com; > meridith.marshall@usmc.mil; neal@puckettfaraj.com; > kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil > Cc: Sullivan, Dwight H CIV USAF AFLOA/JAJA > Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up > > He's a Lieutenant Colonel. His name is Darren Erickson. > > > > From: dhsullivan@aol.com [mailto:dhsullivan@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:35 AM > To: haytham@puckettfaraj.com; babu_kaza@hotmail.com; > meridith.marshall@usmc.mil; neal@puckettfaraj.com; > kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil > Cc: dwight.sullivan@pentagon.af.mil > Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up > > > > Oorah -- that's very helpful information. Is he still a major? What's his first name? > > > > Semper Fi, > DHS > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Haytham Faraj <haytham@puckettfaraj.com> > To: 'Babu Kaza' <babu_kaza@hotmail.com>; meridith.marshall@usmc.mil; > neal@puckettfaraj.com; kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil; dhsullivan@aol.com > Cc: dwight.sullivan@pentagon.af.mil > Sent: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 9:29 am > Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up > > By the way, Erickson is back as the OIC of the legal team. He is in essence the head prosecutor. > > > > From: Babu Kaza [mailto:babu_kaza@hotmail.com > <mailto:babu_kaza@hotmail.com?> ] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 3:31 PM > To: meridith.marshall@usmc.mil <mailto:meridith.marshall@usmc.mil> ; > neal@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com> ; > kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil <mailto:kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil> ; > dhsullivan@aol.com <mailto:dhsullivan@aol.com> > Cc: haytham@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com> ; > dwight.sullivan@pentagon.af.mil > <mailto:dwight.sullivan@pentagon.af.mil> > Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up > > > > From the last time I talked to Maj Liebenguth, he recalled seeing (then) Maj Erickson and (then) Capt Gannon at Haditha. > >> Subject: RE: Wuterich follow-up >> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:26:32 -0700 >> From: meridith.marshall@usmc.mil <mailto:meridith.marshall@usmc.mil> >> To: neal@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com> ; >> kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil <mailto:kirk.sripinyo@navy.mil> ; >> DHSULLIVAN@aol.com <mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com> >> CC: haytham@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com> ; >> Dwight.Sullivan@pentagon.af.mil >> <mailto:Dwight.Sullivan@pentagon.af.mil> ; babu_kaza@hotmail.com >> <mailto:babu_kaza@hotmail.com> >> >> Gents, >> >> I am sure he didn't go alone. I wonder who else was with him. >> >> >> >> Major Meridith L. Marshall >> Senior Defense Counsel >> MCAS, Miramar >> 858-577-1720 (desk line) >> dsn 267-1720 >> 858-997-8332 (government cell) >> meridith.marshall@usmc.mil <mailto:meridith.marshall@usmc.mil> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Puckett Neal [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com >> <mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com?> ] >> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 11:58 AM >> To: Sripinyo, Kirk Major NAMARA, CODE 45; Sullivan Dwight >> Cc: Faraj Haytham; Sullivan Dwight; Babu Kaza; Marshall Maj Meridith >> L >> Subject: Re: Wuterich follow-up >> >> Well, guys, we know Maj Gannon went to Iraq in conjunction with the investigation this case. If he didn't want to call it a "site visit," we may be talking about mere semantics here. If he didn't bother to visit the scene out at Route Chestnut, then that may be why they're pushing back on the issue. >> Neal >> >> Neal A. Puckett, Esq >> LtCol, USMC (Ret) >> Puckett & Faraj, PC >> 1800 Diagonal Rd, Suite 210 >> Alexandria, VA 22314 >> 703.706.9566 >> www.puckettfaraj.com <http://www.puckettfaraj.com/> >> www.twitter.com/puckettfaraj <http://www.twitter.com/puckettfaraj> >> >> >> The information contained in this electronic message is confidential, and is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, distribution, copying of disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify Puckett & Faraj, P.C. at 888-970-0005 or via a return the e-mail to sender. You are required to purge this E-mail immediately without reading or making any copy or distribution. >> >> On Jun 6, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Sripinyo, Kirk Major NAMARA, CODE 45 wrote: >> >> Sir- >> >> I just received paper copies of the following: >> >> (1) Gov't motion to attach Unauthenticated versions of the record of trial, government argument on the issue below, and the judge's FoF and conclusions of law. >> >> (2) Unauthenticated record of the Article 39(a) session that occurred on 25 April 2011. >> >> (3) Judge Jones' FoF and Conclusions of law dated 31 May 2011. >> >> (4) The government's written argument on the defense motion below. >> >> (5) Appellate government's motion to remove the stay of proceedings and expedite review of the case. In it the government says, among other things, that Neither LtCol Sullivan nor Maj Gannon has ever visited the site. >> >> There's frankly too much here to scan. I can fedex it to you if you give me an address. The service document says that this stuff was served on me and the "counsel of record" on June 3rd. Did anyone else receive this stuff? >> >> v/r >> Sip >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: DHSULLIVAN@aol.com <mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com> >> [mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com <mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com?> ] >> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 14:55 >> To: neal@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com> >> Cc: haytham@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com> ; >> Sripinyo, Kirk Major NAMARA, CODE 45; Dwight.Sullivan@pentagon.af.mil >> <mailto:Dwight.Sullivan@pentagon.af.mil> ; babu_kaza@hotmail.com >> <mailto:babu_kaza@hotmail.com> ; meridith.marshall@usmc.mil >> <mailto:meridith.marshall@usmc.mil> >> Subject: Re: Wuterich follow-up >> >> Oorah. I think we certainly shouldn't file tomorrow. We should be ready to file on 9 June but then decide whether we actually want to. I'll begin drafting the mandamus petition today. >> >> Semper Fi, >> DHS >> >> In a message dated 6/5/2011 12:18:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, neal@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com> writes: >> >> I believe the correct answer is, "neither." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Neal A. Puckett, Esq >> LtCol, USMC (Ret) >> Puckett & Faraj, PC >> 1800 Diagonal Rd, Suite 210 >> Alexandria, VA 22314 >> 703.706.9566 >> www.puckettfaraj.com <http://www.puckettfaraj.com/> >> <http://www.puckettfaraj.com/> <http://www.puckettfaraj.com/%3E> ; >> www.twitter.com/puckettfaraj <http://www.twitter.com/puckettfaraj> >> >> >> The information contained in this electronic message is confidential, and is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, distribution, copying of disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify Puckett & Faraj, P.C. at 888-970-0005 or via a return the e-mail to sender. You are required to purge this E-mail immediately without reading or making any copy or distribution. >> >> On Jun 5, 2011, at 11:45 AM, DHSULLIVAN@aol.com <mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> Haytham, >> >> I seem to have misremembered. I think this is what I was thinking of: >> >> "I will send the transcript of the ex parte proceeding to the Clerk of Court for NMCCA. I have already made corrections to the record which have been captured by my identity and the date and time of the change." >> >> So it's possible that NEITHER transcript has been filed with NMCCA yet. So, Maj Sip, please hold off on filing the motion I suggested. Is it possible to check with NMCCA tomorrow to see whether either transcript has been filed yet? If neither transcript has been filed, that would seem to strengthen the case for waiting past 9 June to file our mandamus petition. If Jones waits until 13 June to file the authenticated transcript and we have to then file our motion for access to the sealed transcript, it literally might not be possible to file our mandamus petition until next week. >> >> Semper Fi, >> DHS >> >> >> >> In a message dated 6/5/2011 11:30:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, DHSULLIVAN@aol.com <mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com> writes: >> >> >> Thanks, Haytham. My recollection is that Jones filed an authenticated copy of the sealed ROT with NMCCA. I'll try to verify that. But I don't think I've heard of him filing an authenticated copy of the unsealed ROT. >> >> Maj Sip, would you be so kind as to file a motion with NMCCA tomorrow >> for us to access the sealed portion of the ROT. (We don't wan't to >> file a motion to unseal it; we don't want the government to have >> access to it, but we need access to it ourselves. The motion should >> be similar to what we filed at CAAF, attached.) >> >> Semper Fi, >> DHS >> >> In a message dated 6/5/2011 11:26:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, haytham@puckettfaraj.com <mailto:haytham@puckettfaraj.com> writes: >> >> >> I don't believe Jones has authenticated a copy of the sealed portion. He asked Gannon to forward the record to the court including the sealed portion but directed that only the court reporters handle it. >> >> None of us have the sealed portion. >> >> >> Haytham Faraj >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 5, 2011, at 10:29 AM, DHSULLIVAN@aol.com <mailto:DHSULLIVAN@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Team Wuterich, >> >> Two questions which give rise to other questions: >> >> (1) Has Jones authenticated the non-sealed portions of the ROT of the Article 39(a) session yet? >> >> (2) Do Neal, Hatham, and/or Meredith have access to the sealed ROT of the ex parte hearing? >> >> The answer to (1) affects our optimal filing date. If Jones hasn't filed the authenticated ROT before 9 June, there's no reason for us to file our mandamus petition before then. If Jones hasn't filed the authenticated ROT by 9 June, we'll have to make a decision about whether to go beyond 20 days from the ruling complained of to file the mandamus petition. >> >> If the answer to (2) is no, Maj Sip, can you please file a motion with NMCCA tomorrow for access to the sealed ROT? >> >> Oh, and a third question -- Maj Kaza, were you able to get associate duty orders but? >> >> Semper Fi, >> DHS >> >> >> >> = >> >> >> >
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