Military Judge Calls Hearing in 2009 Fort Hood Gunman's Case

A military judge has called a hearing in the case of the Army psychiatrist sentenced to death for gunning down 13 people at Fort Hood six years ago.

Fort Hood officials said Friday that a hearing in Maj. Nidal Hasan's case will be held next week.

The hearing will take place at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Hasan is being held on death row for the 2009 attacks that also wounded more than 30 people.

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A family member hugs the picture and touches the boots of a fallen soldier during a memorial in honor of the thirteen victims of the shooting at Fort Hood Texas.
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An unidentified army soldier reacts emotionally during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Barack Obama walks to his seat before the start of memorial services at Fort Hood, Texas.
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A family member touches the picture of a fallen soldier during a memorial in honor of the thirteen victims of the shooting at Fort Hood Texas.
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A large crowd attends the memorial service for shooting victims at Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas.
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Wounded soldiers arrive for the start of the memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas.
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A wounded soldier arrives for the start of the memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas.
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A fallen soldiers memorial is seen during a service for the victims of a shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive for a memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas.
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People grieve together before the start of the memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Barack Obama walks across the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base prior to boarding Air Force One for a trip to Fort Hood, Texas to meet with families of the those wounded and killed in last week's shooting.
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A family grieves together before the start of a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas.
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People grieve together before the start of a memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
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A Soldiers Cross, honoring those who lost their lives in last week's shooting, is seen at a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama depart the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, for a visit to Fort Hood, Texas.
President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, salutes as they arrive at Robert Gray Army Air Field in Killeen, Texas. The president then traveled to Fort Hood, Texas to meet with families of the those wounded and killed in last week's shooting.
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A memorial to victims of the Fort Hood shooting.
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A Soldiers Cross, honoring those who lost their lives in last week's shooting is seen at Fort Hood.
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Marisol Ocasio cries during a vigil in Chicago in front of Army Pvt. Francheska Velez's home. Velez, 21, was pregnant and preparing to return home when she was killed in the Fort Hood shootings.
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A family member listens to music during a vigil, in front of the home of Army Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, in Chicago. Velez, pregnant and preparing to return home, was among those killed in the Fort Hood Texas shootings last week.
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Pvt. Joseph Foster, who was wounded during the Thursday's Fort Hood shooting, speaks to the media with his wife Mandi and 6 month old daughter Keilee outside his home.
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Thirteen flags are placed at the apartment complex where Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lived outside of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a shooting rampage on Nov. 5, 2009.
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Army Maj. Dawud Agbere, who is a Muslim, prays at a mosque outside Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.
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Marlon Barrera lights a candle during a vigil outside the home of Army Pvt. Francheska Velez in Chicago. Velez, who was pregnant, was preparing to return home when she was killed in the Fort Hood shootings.
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Jennifer Arzuaga holds a picture of her cousin, Pvt. Francheska Velez, during a vigil at the family's home in Chicago.
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Floritza Parra and Isaac Cruz listen to music during a vigil outside the home of Army Pvt. Francheska Velez, who was killed in the Fort Hood shootings.
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Soldiers from Fort Hood fold an American flag in preparation for President Obama's visit to the base on Nov. 10.
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Nidal Malik Hasan entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship in 2007, when this photo provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences was taken.
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An unidentified U.S. soldier patrols next to a U.S. flag at half mast on a military ship on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The flag was lowered in honor of the American soldiers killed in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas which killed 13 and left 30 wounded.
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A soldier reads a bible during church service at the First Air Calvary Division Memorial Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Chandre Fletcher, Charles Mace and Abigail Medina and others at the Destiny church pray during a service where the pastor told the congregation to pray for those killed and wounded at the shooting last week at Fort Hood.
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Children line up during a church service at the Comanche Chapel on the grounds of Fort Hood where the pastor included a prayer for the victims of the shooting.
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U.S. Army soldiers bow their heads in prayer during a vigil on Nov. 6 for the 13 killed and 30 wounded during a shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Center on the grounds of Fort Hood on Nov. 5.
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U.S. Army Chaplain "Major General" Doug Carver plays the piano during a vigil for those killed and wounded when suspected gunman U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles Keller sits with his family Michael, 8, Sylvie and Amber, 10, during a vigil for the killed and wounded.
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U.S. Army Specialist Sheldon Rabago, Nancy and their son Owen mourn together during a vigil for those killed and wounded in the worst massacre in U.S. history on an Army post.
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U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Terrence Murphy (2nd left) and Col. Kent Savre (2nd right) hold candles during a vigil for the Fort Hood dead and wounded.
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U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Terrence Murphy sheds tears for his fallen and injured comrades.
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A member of the Central Christian Church, Bob Butler, removes flags and crosses that were set up to honor those killed and wounded allegedly at the hands of U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
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Ashlee Brewer holds a picture of her brother, 19-year old Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, as her husband Adrian stands by her. The couple listens as family members hold a press conference in front of the Nemelka's parents' home in Utah.
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Sgt. Fanuaee Vea embraces Pvt. Savannah Green outside Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. At least one gunman killed 13 people and injured 30 in a shooting on the military post.
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Crowds stand outside the emergency room at Scott & White hospital in Temple, Texas, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009, waiting to hear news relatives injured in the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Amber Bahr, a native of Random Lake, Wisconsin, was injured in the shootings at Fort Hood Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Bahr, 19, was shot in the stomach but was in stable condition.
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Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, had recently returned from Iraq and was pregnant. She was killed during the Fort Hood shootings.
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Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, was killed in the Fort Hood shootings.
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Pfc. Kham S. Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn., was killed in the shootings.
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Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wisconsin was killed in the shootings.
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Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Tillman, Oklahoma was killed in the shootings.
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John Gaffaney, 56, was an army reservist from San Diego, Calif. He was killed in the shootings.
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Private First Class Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Ill., was killed in the shootings.
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Bystanders crouch for cover as shots ring out from Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center on Nov. 5. Law enforcement officers run toward the sound of the gunfire at Fort Hood, Texas.
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This photo by Twitter user Misstearah shows a shooting victim being rushed through a Fort Hood area hospital.
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A member of the Fort Hood police department rushes down the street away from the Soldier readiness Center at Fort Hood following a mass shooting.
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Officers from the Killeen Police Department wait for the Fort Hood's Explosive Ordnance Device team to arrive at the apartment of Maj Nadal Malik Hasan, the suspect in a mass murder at Fort Hood.
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Sgt. Anthony Sills comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen for word on family and friends after Thursday's mass shooting on the base.
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U.S. Army M.P. Sergeant Andrew Hagerman speaks to the media about being on the scene when U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Center on the grounds of Fort Hood.
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U.S. Army M.P. Sergeant Andrew Hagerman speaks to the media about being on the scene when U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
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Federal agents search the apartment of shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in Killeen, Texas.
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Army Lt. Gen. Bob Cone pauses during a news conference outside Fort Hood, while announcing that a shooting suspect is in custody and not dead.
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This photo of shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was taken from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences newsletter where Hasan became a Fellow in 2007.
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Soldiers and civilians gather on the back patio of the Soldier Readiness Center at the Fort Hood Army post as the sun begins to set.
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Bob Cone speaks during a news conference outside Fort Hood. Cone announced that the mass shooting suspect - previously believed to be dead - was in custody and listed in stable condition.
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A media frenzy surrounds Lt. Gen. Robert Cone as he speaks during an evening press conference following the Fort Hood shooting.
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Cars line up waiting to exit Fort Hood, Texas, after the base was locked down following a shooting on Nov. 5.
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Spc. Chad Rings (L) and Spc. David Straub wait to enter Ft. Hood near the main entrance to the base.
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Monica Cain, wife of soldier Darren Cain, talks to family and friends while waiting outside Ft. Hood.
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Daniel Clark kisses his wife Rachel while they wait for the closed base to re-open. Their 5-year-old child was in daycare during the shooting and could not be picked up until the base reopened.
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Shortly after the shootings on Nov. 5, Erik Vasys, spokesman for the FBI office in San Antonio, reports that FBI agents are headed to the scene to assist, but has no other details.
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Rachel and Daniel Clark embrace after a press conference at Ft. Hood on November 5, 2009 in Killeen, Texas.
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An ambulance pulls away from Fort Hood where at least 13 people were killed and 30 others were wounded.
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Spc. Ryan Howard of Niles, Mich., right and Spc. David Straub of Ardmore, Okla. wait for news of fellow soldiers while at the gate of the Army base after the shooting.
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A law enforcement officer rubs his eyes as he and other officers guard the closed front gate at Fort Hood following the mass shooting.
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A police officer tells a woman that the base remains closed following the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Spc. Ryan Howard, of Niles, Mich., waits for news of fellow soldiers while waiting at the gate of the Army base after Thursday's shooting.
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A police officer and soldier block the road at the main gate of the Army base at Fort Hood, where a soldier opened fire killing 13 people dead and wounding 30.
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Lt. Gen. Robert Cone speaks to the press at Fort Hood following the mass shooting.
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Spokesman Lt. Gen. Bob Cone reports that the gunman was a soldier.
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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison discusses the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, while on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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President Barack Obama speaks about the shooting at Fort Hood during an event at the Interior Department in Washington, calling it "a horrific outburst of violence."
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A U.S. flag flies at half-staff over the White House in Washington, on Nov. 6 after President Barack Obama ordered the flags to be lowered in remembrance of the shootings at Ft. Hood, Texas.
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Soldiers take a cigarette break while waiting to re-enter the base.
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Officials at Fort Hood, which is the Army's largest U.S. post, were asking people there to stay away from windows.
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Fort Hood is home to the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program, which is designed to help soldiers overcome combat stress issues.
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The wait to enter the base continues into the night.
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Fort Hood, which is home to approximately 40,000 troops, houses the Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division.
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An entrance to Fort Hood Army Base in Fort Hood, Texas, near Killeen remained in lock-down for hours following a mass shooting on Nov. 5.
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News crews gather at a press conference at the main entrance of Fort Hood where at least one gunman killed 13 people and injured 30.
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Members of the military and police stand outside Fort Hood after a gunman killed 13 people and injured 30.
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Authorities guard the the closed entrance of Fort Hood, Texas, after a shooting on the base.
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Phlebotomist Sumer Mosley, left, prepares to take a blood donation from U.S. Army Private First Class Jose Estrada with the 411th Military Police company at Fort Hood at Scott and White hospital in Temple, Texas, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Estrada, said the he was prompted by the days events to drive to Temple from the post to donate.
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The sun sets as the media wait for a briefing on the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Daniel Clark hugs his wife Rachel Clark while they wait for the closed base to re-open so they can get their 5-year-old child that is in day care in Fort Hood, Texas, after a mass shooting.
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A military police officer stands guard at the entrance of Fort Hood, Texas the day after the shooting.
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Col. John Rossi, right, looks on as Col. Steven Braverman speaks during a briefing to media outside Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov.6.
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Janet Di Palma, a registered nurse at the CR Darnall Medical Center, speaks about being in the Emergency Room as casualties arrived after U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage.
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U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) walks with Army soldiers after speaking with media at Fort Hood where U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Center.
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U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) speaks to the media at Fort Hood.
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Deacon Bob Butler works on a memorial at Central Christian Church in Killeen, Texas on Nov. 7. The memorial, 13 crosses and flags, is to honor those killed and wounded in the shooting spree at Fort Hood Army Post.

Post officials say the judge, Col. Tara Osborn, on Thursday wants to review "routine matters" including Hasan's post-trial rights and the attorneys representing him.

Hasan's mandatory appeals before military appellate courts have not yet begun.

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