Vorbeck v. Commanding Officer

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Judge:

The petitioner, Seaman Vorbeck, filed a petition for extraordinary relief with this Court on December 12, 1980. See Rule 25, Rules of Practice and Procedure, United States Court of Military Appeals, 4 M.J. CXII. He sought an order from this Court directing the respondents, the United States and the Commanding Officer, USS PYRO (AE-24), to reverse his special court-martial conviction dated March 3,1980, and dismiss the charges against him. His asserted basis for such relief was that the convening authority’s action in his case had been untimely taken six…