Shadwell v. Davenport

BRYANT, Judge:

On 20 August 2002, the petitioners submitted petitions for extraordinary relief in the nature of a writ of prohibition, or in the alternative, a writ of mandamus.2 The petitioners allege that the military judge, upon motion of the Government, erred by disqualifying Mr. John B. Wells, Ensign (ENS) Shadwell’s civilian defense counsel (CDC), after finding a conflict of interest existed between CDC’s representation of ENS Shad-well and CDC’s representation of his wife, Kriscelda Shadwell. Further, the petitioners allege the military judge erred by concluding that, “due to the length…