Jeral Bliss Nickerson v. United States

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating 50 U.S.C. App. § 462 in that he failed to report to his local Selective Service Board for induction into the Armed Forces.

The undisputed record shows a flagrant disregard for the orders of the Board over a period of more than two years. Nickerson first registered for the draft on July 14, 1960, with the Local Board at Leavenworth, Kansas, and was thereafter classified 1-A. He requested a personal appearance before the Board, which was granted, and on May 9, 1961, he was reclassified as 3-A by reason of having a family. This status soon…