Ledoux v. Allegre

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• holding that early discharge was not valid because the separations clerk was not following the instructed procedures
• it was clear from face of certificate the commander did not intend the discharge to take effect until later
• personnel clerk’s unauthorized early delivery of otherwise valid DD Form 214 held not effective.
• early delivery of valid but not yet effective discharge does not terminate court-martial jurisdiction
• delivery of a discharge certificate for administrative convenience does not terminate jurisdiction when a certificate is clear on its face that the commander did not intend that the discharge take effect until a later time
• delivery of a discharge certificate for administrative convenience does not terminate jurisdiction when a certificate is clear on its face that the commander did not intend that the discharge take effect until a later time

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).