As a retired GI and current deputy sheriff I get to serve various papers on the local base. Speaking the same language as the GIs up there, I try to get to those papers before anyone else.
Recently one of our District Court Judges signed an Order of Protection that barred a GI from returning to his Government-provided base housing! What a can of worms that turned out to be. Obviously that judge did not realize the limits of his power.
According to the legal office, had this housing been in one of the areas that share concurrent jurisdiction with civil authorities, it could have been enforced. This particular area was not a shared one.
My question is this; Just how aggressively are civil court orders enforced on a military reservation. and how do I tell a Judge he overstepped his boundry?
I gave it to his First Sgt to get sorted out and spoke with the county attorney.
Recently one of our District Court Judges signed an Order of Protection that barred a GI from returning to his Government-provided base housing! What a can of worms that turned out to be. Obviously that judge did not realize the limits of his power.
According to the legal office, had this housing been in one of the areas that share concurrent jurisdiction with civil authorities, it could have been enforced. This particular area was not a shared one.
My question is this; Just how aggressively are civil court orders enforced on a military reservation. and how do I tell a Judge he overstepped his boundry?
I gave it to his First Sgt to get sorted out and spoke with the county attorney.
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