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2017-2018 Ann. Rep. Submitted to the Comm. on Armed Serv. Senate & House of Rep. & to Sec'y Def. & Sec'y Transp. 1 (2017-2018)

handle is hein.usfed/areparmse0067 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018 The Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces submit their Annual Report on the administration of the Court and military justice during the October 2017 Term of Court to the Committees on Armed Services of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, and to the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, Army, Navy, and Air Force in accordance with Article 146a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Title 10, United States Code, § 946a. After Chief Judge Charles E. Chip Erdmann completed his 15-year term on July 31, 2017, the Court was reduced to a quorum of four currently appointed Judges from August 1, 2017, to February 1, 2018. To conduct the essential business of the Court and hear the cases set for argument on the master docket, Chief Judge Scott W. Stucky called upon the Senior Judges of the Court to serve, pursuant to Article 142(e), UCMJ. Senior Judge Andrew S. Effron heard thirteen cases. Senior Judge Walter T. Cox III heard seven cases. Senior Judge Charles E. Chip Erdmann heard three cases. The Court resumed normal operations with a full complement of five currently-appointed Judges upon the appointment and taking of the Judicial Oath by Judge Gregory E. Maggs on February 2, 2018. THE BUSINESS OF THE COURT The number and status of completed and pending cases are set forth in the attached statistical report and graphs for the period from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018. Additional information pertaining to specific opinions is available from the Court's published opinions and Daily Journal. Other dispositions may be found in the Court's official reports, the Military Justice Reporter, and on the Court's website. The Court's website also contains a consolidated digest of past opinions of the Court, information on the Court's history and jurisdiction, the Rules of Practice and Procedure, previous Annual Reports, a schedule of upcoming hearings, audio recordings of past hearings, and information on clerkship opportunities, bar admission, electronic filing, and the Court's library. During the October 2017 Term of Court, the Court met its goal of issuing opinions in all cases scheduled for hearing as business of the Term prior to the end of the Term and heard two cases in advance of the following Term. An informal summary of selected decisions is set forth in Appendix A.

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