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                                 Before
                     GASTON, HOUTZ, and STARITA
                        Appellate Military Judges

                        _________________________

                          UNITED STATES
                              Appellee

                                     v.

                       Walter N. NICKEL II
                      Lieutenant (O-3), U.S. Navy
                              Appellant

                             No. 202100147

                         Decided: 30 August 2021

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                              Military Judge:
                             K. Scott Woodard

 Sentence adjudged 7 April 2021 by a general court-martial convened
 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, consisting of a
 military judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment:
 confinement for 7 months and a dismissal.

                           For Appellant:
               Commander Kyle Calvin Kneese, JAGC, USN

                               For Appellee:
                            Brian K. Keller, Esq.
                  United States v. Nickel, NMCCA No. 202100147
                               Opinion of the Court

                             _________________________

          This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under
                NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a).

                             _________________________

PER CURIAM:
    After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of
error, we have determined that the findings and sentence are correct in law
and fact and that no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial
rights occurred. 1
   The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.


                                     FOR THE COURT:




                                     RODGER A. DREW, JR.
                                     Clerk of Court




   1   Articles 59 & 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.




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