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Judge denies soldier-rapper's request for US court-martial
Chief Federal District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. on Wednesday denied a 3rd Infantry Division soldier's petition for a temporary restraining order against moving him to Iraq.
Spc. Marc Hall, of Coward, S.C., faces court-martial proceedings there on charges he made threatening comments to commanders and soldiers in his unit in a hip-hop song.
Attorneys for Hall petitioned the Southern Federal District Court Monday, claiming the soldier's transfer to Iraq violated his constitutional rights to a fair trial.
By denying the temporary restraining order, the district court ruled it was bound by long-standing precedent in abstaining from court-martial proceedings against service personnel.