United States ex rel. Woodard v. Deahl

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court discharging after trial a writ of habeas corpus previously issued and dismissing the petition of appellant, a soldier who had been inducted into the military forces of the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 301 et seq.

The appellant, Ernest Scott Woodard, is a citizen of the state of Louisiana. Selective Service Board No. 1 of Bienville Parish had jurisdiction over him for the purpose of classification under the Act. Pursuant…