Stuart Couch was born on April 20,1965 and is an American lawyer, veteran, and immigration judge.
17 Facts About Stuart Couch
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Stuart Couch was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in a resulting film.
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Stuart Couch graduated from Duke University on a Navy ROTC scholarship in 1987 and was commissioned into the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant.
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Stuart Couch was qualified as a naval aviator in November 1989 and flew KC-130 transport aircraft until he attended law school beginning in 1993.
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Stuart Couch graduated from the Campbell University School of Law with a JD in 1996 and was certified as a US Marine Corps judge advocate officer.
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Stuart Couch was one of three prosecutors of US Marine Corps pilots in three trials involving the collision of a military jet with a ski gondola system in Cavalese, Italy that caused the deaths of twenty European tourists.
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In 2001, Stuart Couch returned to active duty to prosecute Lt.
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In January 2003, Stuart Couch served as lead prosecutor in the case of Lance Corporal Antoine Boykins, a parachute rigger who sabotaged the chutes of 13 fellow Marines prepared for a low-altitude jump near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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In September 2003, Stuart Couch was assigned to prepare the prosecution of Mohamedou Ould Slahi after he joined the Office of Military Commissions in August 2003.
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In 2004, Stuart Couch withdrew from Slahi's prosecution team because he believed he was asked to use evidence obtained through means of coercive interrogation that violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, US laws, and the United States' treaty obligations.
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Stuart Couch was presented the American Bar Association's Maleng "Minister of Justice" award in 2007 as well as the German Bar Association Criminal Law Section's "Pro Reo" Award in 2009.
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In 2021, a feature film based on Slahi's detention The Mauritanian included the role of Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch as portrayed by the actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Stuart Couch was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on November 8,2007.
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From January 2005 until July 2006 Stuart Couch was the lead prosecutor for Salim Hamdan, a senior bodyguard and personal driver of Osama bin Laden.
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From December 2003 through January 2005, Stuart Couch was assigned as a prosecutor for the case of Mamdouh Habib, an Australian national born in Egypt.
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Stuart Couch left the Office of Military Commissions in 2006 and served on the US Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals as a Senior Appellate Judge until his retirement in 2009.
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Stuart Couch was appointed by Attorney General William Barr to the Board of Immigration Appeals in August 2019.