Court Opinion

ID: 9901312
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Date Created: 2023-11-21 17:02:14.858097+00
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IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
                                COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

                                                          15 October 2021

 In Re:                                                   PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY
                                                          RELIEF IN THE NATURE OF A WRIT
 Kimberly A. Vargas                                       OF MANDAMUS, FILED 15
 Yeoman First Class (E-6)                                 OCTOBER 2021
 U.S. Coast Guard,
       Petitioner                                         MISC. DOCKET NO. 001-21

                                                          BEFORE MCCLELLAND, BRUBAKER
                                                          & SCOTT

                                                          ORDER

          Petitioner, an accused at a special court-martial convened by the Commanding Officer,
Coast Guard Base, Kodiak, Alaska, seeks a writ of mandamus directing the military judge to
dismiss the charges based on improper referral, and requests a stay of further proceedings while
this Court considers the matter. We conclude that Petitioner has failed to show either that she has
“no other adequate means to attain the relief [s]he desires” or that her “right to issuance of the
writ is clear and indisputable.” Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for D.C., 542 U.S. 367, 380–81 (2004)
(internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

          Accordingly, it is, by the Court, this 15th day of October, 2021,

          ORDERED:

          That the request for a stay of proceedings is denied; that the Petition for Extraordinary
Relief is denied, without prejudice to Petitioner’s right to raise the issues therein in the course of
normal review under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

                                                                For the Court,

                                                                L. I. McClelland
                                                                Chief Judge
Copy: CDR Burrell, Military Judge
      CDR Henderson, Detailed Defense Counsel
      LCDR Lanz, Trial Counsel
      Office of Military Justice
      Appellate Government Counsel
      Appellate Defense Counsel

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