The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Tuesday that a federal judge lacked the authority to overturn Bowe Bergdahl's military conviction for desertion. ^[1] The appeals court concluded that only military tribunals hold the authority to vacate a court-martial judgment, stating that Bergdahl's claim conflicts with that longstanding limitation. ^[2] Bowe Bergdahl sued in 2021 arguing that the punishment violated his Fifth Amendment due-process rights because military judge Jeffrey Nance failed to disclose his application for a position as an immigration judge in the Justice Department. ^[3] The appeals court concluded that District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington lacked the jurisdiction to vacate Bowe Bergdahl's court-martial conviction and sentence from 2023. ^[4]