WARD v. U.S.

No. 19-6626.

982 F.3d 906 (2020)

Joseph M. WARD, III, Captain (0-3) U.S. Air Force, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Captain Brian Lee Mizer , AIR FORCE APPELLATE DEFENSE DIVISION, Joint Base Andrews , Maryland, for Appellant. Matthew James Mezger , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, John E. Swords , Special Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Judge Kleeh joined.


In these 28 U.S.C. § 2241 proceedings, Joseph M. Ward III petitioned in the Eastern District of Virginia for habeas corpus relief from his military court convictions and sentence, claiming violations of his Fifth Amendment right to due process and Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel. The district...

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