{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-150.17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 150.17","heading":"En banc proceedings.","body":"(a)(1) A party may suggest the appropriateness of consideration or reconsideration by the Court as a whole. Such consideration or reconsideration ordinarily will not be ordered except:\n(i) When consideration by the full Court is necessary to secure or maintain uniformity of decision, or\n(ii) When the proceedings involve a question of exceptional importance, or\n(iii) When a sentence being reviewed pursuant to Article 66 extends to death.\n(2) In cases being reviewed pursuant to Article 66, a party's suggestion that a matter be considered initially by the Court as a whole must be filed with the Court within 7 days after the government files its answer to the assignment of errors, or the appellant files a reply under § 150.15(b). In other proceedings, the suggestion must be filed with the party's initial petition or other initial pleading, or within 7 days after the response thereto is filed. A suggestion for reconsideration by the Court as a whole must be made within the time prescribed by § 150.19 for filing a motion for reconsideration. No response to a suggestion for consideration or reconsideration by the Court as a whole may be filed unless the Court shall so order.\n(b) The suggestion of a party for consideration or reconsideration by the Court as a whole shall be transmitted to each judge of the Court who is present for duty, but a vote need not be taken to determine whether the cause shall be considered or reconsidered by the Court as a whole on such a suggestion made by a party unless a judge requests a vote.\n(c) A majority of the judges present for duty may order that any appeal or other proceeding be considered or reconsidered by the Court sitting as a whole. However, en banc reconsideration of an en banc decision will not be held unless at least one member of the original majority concurs in a vote for reconsideration.\n(d) This rule does not affect the power of the Court sua sponte to consider or reconsider any case sitting as a whole.","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle A—Department of Defense","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE","SUBCHAPTER E—REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MILITARY JUSTICE","PART 150—COURTS OF CRIMINAL APPEALS RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"183da31fb6c319c7b9c8040a603c00322c2b1fb9ab5f75cccb78b4b262b46599","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-150.16","next":"us/32-cfr-150.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}