Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

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chief judge position judicial office

The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is the presiding judicial officer who leads the court’s administration and oversees its appellate review of court-martial convictions within the U.S. military justice system.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief judge position ⓘ judicial office ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Armed Forces ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch ⓘ
chairs	judicial conferences of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
courtType	Article I court ⓘ
decides	appeals involving courts-martial of service members ⓘ
decisionType	collegial appellate decisions ⓘ
ensures	orderly and efficient operation of the court ⓘ uniform interpretation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	appeals from courts-martial ⓘ cases arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOver	other judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
hasTermType	fixed term as judge with separate period as chief judge ⓘ
heads	judicial administration of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States military justice system ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Uniform Code of Military Justice ⓘ federal statutes governing the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
legalSystem	United States federal law ⓘ military law ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mayIssue	administrative orders for the court ⓘ opinions of the court ⓘ
memberOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal judiciary
oversees	appellate review of court-martial convictions ⓘ court’s administration ⓘ
partOf	United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
presidesOver	United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
rankComparedTo	equivalent in status to other federal appellate chief judges ⓘ
reportsTo	no higher military court ⓘ
requires	presidential appointment and Senate confirmation as judge of the court ⓘ
responsibleFor	assignment of judicial duties among judges of the court ⓘ case management policies of the court ⓘ internal operating procedures of the court ⓘ representing the court in official capacities ⓘ
roleIn	administration of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ oversight of appellate review of court-martial convictions ⓘ
scope	worldwide jurisdiction over courts-martial within the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
supervises	administrative staff of the court ⓘ
worksWith	Clerk of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ

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United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → hasChiefJudge → Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ