United States v. Salahuddin

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Chief Judge:

On 27 February 2001, Master Sergeant Salahuddin petitioned this Court (1) for a writ of mandamus ordering the convening authority to provide a hearing before a military judge, with proper due process provisions, to determine whether the petitioner is incompetent to assist counsel in his own defense, and (2) to quash the convening authority’s order to commit him to the custody of the Attorney General pursuant to Rule for Courts-Martial (R.C.M.) 909(c). The petitioner also applied for an order staying the convening authority’s commitment order. On 1 March…