“The charges against Maj. Michael Stockin have been completed -- an Article 32 hearing is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 9,” said Lt. Col. Jennifer Bocanegra, spokeswoman for I Corps, the main Army command at the base, located nine miles south of Tacoma, Wash. (U.S. Air Force)

The Army plans to hold a hearing early next month to determine whether Maj.

Michael Stockin, a doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, should face a court-martial on 23 charges of sexual abuse and indecent conduct involving patients.

“The charges against Maj. Michael Stockin have been completed -- an Article 32 hearing is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 9,” said Lt. Col. Jennifer Bocanegra, spokeswoman for I Corps, the main Army command at the base, located nine miles south of Tacoma, Wash.

An Article 32 hearing is a pre-trial military hearing that functions like grand jury proceedings in civilian courts.

Stockin, 37, was formally charged on Aug. 28 with 23 violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. His charge sheet and other documents were not released while an independent review was conducted to determine whether there was sufficient legal justification for a hearing and possible court-martial.

The charges include abusive sexual contact and indecent viewing, Bocanegra has said.

Abusive sexual contact is the least severe of four categories of sexual crimes outlined in the UCMJ — the basis of law in the military.

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