Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary (Code 52)

Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Seal

The Trial Judiciary is a joint Navy-Marine Corps activity led by a Chief Trial Judge who serves as Officer-in-Charge. Its mission is to provide certified military judges for Navy and Marine Corps general and special courts-martial and hearing officers for sanity hearings on confined prisoners. In addition, military judges sometimes serve as Article 32, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and pretrial investigation officers.

Principal Functions

The Judiciary is organized into eight judicial circuits staffed by active-duty military judges, and is supported by Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentees.

The number of active duty judges fluctuates around 27, depending on open positions. Due to the enormous responsibility for trials throughout the world, military judges spend much of their time traveling.

Rules of Court

NMCTJ Uniform Rules of Practice. Rules of Court for each Judcial Circuit may be found in the table below.

Dockets

The below contact information for individual judicial circuits provides a link to general information relative to dockets published by judicial circuits. Each docket is maintained locally and is subject to change without notice. Disclosure of information within any docket does not support or permit any inference adverse to any accused; all accused are presumed to be innocent. For inquiries regarding any particular court-martial, please contact the local Public Affairs Office.

Executive Assistant

Official correspondence (other than court filings) should be directed to the Chief Trial Judge’s Executive Assistant at the following address:
U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary
1250 10th Street SE Suite 1300
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5140
Phone Numbers:
Comm: (202) 685-5998 / 5893
DSN: 325-5998 / 5893
Email: Dana.M.Porter@navy.mil
Media inquiries should be directed to:
Special Assistant, Public Affairs
Office of the Judge Advocate General
1322 Patterson Ave., SE, Suite 3000
Washington Navy Yard, D.C. 20374-5066
Phone Numbers:
Comm: (202) 685-5493
DSN: 325-5493
Email: Jennifer.Zeldis@navy.mil

Contact Headquarters

Mailing Address:
Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary
(Code 52)
1250 10th Street SE Suite 1300
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5140
Phone Numbers:
Comm: (202) 685-5998 / 5893
DSN: 325-5998 / 5893
Fax: (202) 685-5895
Hours:
0730 – 1630
Monday – Friday

Helpful Links

Trial Judiciary Offices
Judicial Circuit  Principal Office Dockets Days/Hours Phone Number Normal Areas of Responsibility
Northern
Rules of Court		 Washington, D.C. Northern Docket

Monday-Friday

0730 – 1630

 (202) 685-5893 Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont; Ohio; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Maryland; The National Capitol Region which includes: Naval District Washington, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, Naval Weapons Station Dahlgren, Virginia; West Virginia; Illinois; Michigan; Minnesota; Wisconsin; Indiana; Kentucky; Nebraska; Tennessee; Arkansas; and Missouri.
Central
Rules of Court		 Norfolk, VA Central Docket 0730 – 1630 (757) 341-4570 Virginia (except those areas designated as within the Northern Circuit).
Eastern
Rules of Court		 Camp LeJeune, NC Eastern Docket 0730 – 1630 (910) 451-3503 North Carolina including all Marine Corps bases, air stations, camp, depots and logistics bases within the state.
Southern
Rules of Court		 Parris Island / Beaufort, SC Southern Docket 0730 - 1630 (843) 228 - 2559 South Carolina; Alabama; Western Florida; Mississippi; Louisiana; Georgia; and Texas.
Jacksonville / Mayport, FL Southern Docket 0730 – 1630 (904) 270-5445 Ext 3005 Eastern Florida; the Caribbean Sea to include Panama, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Western
Rules of Court		 San Diego, CA  Western Docket 0730 – 1630 (619) 556-6580 Arizona; New Mexico; Nevada; California; Oklahoma; Kansas; Colorado; and Utah (except those areas designated as within the Camp Pendleton area of responsibility).
Bremerton, WA 0730 – 1630 (360) 476-6466 Alaska; Washington; Oregon; Idaho; Montana; Wyoming; North Dakota; and South Dakota.
Camp Pendleton, CA 0730 – 1630 (760) 725-6273 All Marine Corps bases, air stations, camps, depots and logistics bases within the Western Judicial Circuit.
WESTPAC
Rules of Court		 Yokosuka, Japan N/A 0730 – 1630

DSN: 315-243-7262

COMM: 011-81-46-816-7262

 Okinawa and Iwakuni, Japan; New Zealand; Australia; Korea; Asia; Guam; Philippines; Diego Garcia; and areas of Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans not included within another circuit.
EURAFSWA
Rules of Court 		Naples, Italy N/A 0730 - 1630 DSN 314-626-4482 All Atlantic Ocean areas not assigned to a circuit; All of Europe; Africa; countries of the Middle East and Southwest Asia; Iceland; the Persian Gulf; the Mediterranean Sea; and the Red Sea.
Hawaii
Rules of Court		 Kaneohe Bay, HI Hawaii Docket 0730 – 1630 (808) 473-4597 Hawaii
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Marine Corps Docket 0730 – 1630 (808) 257-9918

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