               UNITED STATES NAVY-MARINE CORPS
                  COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                       WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                   Before
                  D.C. KING, B.T. PALMER, M.M. PETTIT
                         Appellate Military Judges

                      UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                                  v.

                        MICHAEL A. MENDOZA
             PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (E-2), U.S. MARINE CORPS

                           NMCCA 201500395
                       SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 6 August 2015.
Military Judge: LtCol E.A. Harvey, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Headquarters and
Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, MCB, Camp
Pendleton, CA.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: LtCol P.D. Sanchez, USMC.
For Appellant: CAPT Bree A. Ermentrout, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Mr. Brian K. Keller, Esq.

                          28 January 2016

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                       OPINION OF THE COURT
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     After careful consideration of the record, submitted without
assignment of error, we affirm the findings and sentence as approved
by the convening authority. Art. 66(c), Uniform Code of Military
Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c).


                                For the Court




                                R.H. TROIDL
                                Clerk of Court
