Gilliam v. Reaves

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

Here, we are dealing with a habeas corpus applicant seeking release from restraint of Army officers who hold him as a member of the Armed Services. Petitioner’s allegations are serious and their cumulative effect is that he is being denied basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution. 1 The crux of petitioner’s contentions are two-fold: (A) that he never was inducted into the service, and (B) that the Army acted in an arbitrary, capricious and unconstitutional manner in denying him a discharge as a conscientious objector. Of import here is the sequence of…