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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

                                        UNITED STATES

                                                  v.

                                 Jonathan C. THOMAS
                 Machinery Technician Third Class (E-4), U.S. Coast Guard

                                         CGCMSP 24999
                                         Docket No. 1476

                                         10 December 2021

Special court-martial tried on 8 March 2021.

       Military Judge:                            CDR Brendan T. Gavin, USCG
       Appellate Defense Counsel:                 LCDR Salomee G. Briggs, USCG

                                       BEFORE
                         MCCLELLAND, BRUBAKER & MANNION
                                Appellate Military Judges

Per curiam:

       Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas
of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of three
specifications of indecent conduct, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice
(UCMJ). The court sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement for five
months. The Convening Authority approved the sentence, and suspended confinement in excess
of 120 days in accordance with the pretrial agreement. Judgment was entered accordingly.

       Before this Court, without admitting that the findings and sentence are correct in law and
fact, Appellant has submitted this case on its merits as to any and all errors.
        United States v. Jonathan C. THOMAS, No. 1476 (C.G.Ct.Crim.App. 2021)

                                            Decision
       We determine that the findings and sentence are correct in law and fact and, on the basis
of the entire record, should be approved. Accordingly, the findings of guilty and the sentence, as
approved and suspended below, are affirmed.

                                                             For the Court,
                                                                           Digitally signed by
                                                        VALDES.SARAH VALDES.SARAH.P.15038547
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                                                        .P.1503854704 Date: 2021.12.10 11:18:08
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                                                             Sarah P. Valdes
                                                             Clerk of the Court

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