Leonard v. Department of the Navy

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

GENE CARTER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Stephen K. Leonard filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with this Court on June 26, 1991, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2241, for the purposes of judicial review of a decision of the Commander of the Naval Military Personnel Command, Department of the Navy, denying his Request for Discharge as a Conscientious Objector (hereinafter “CO”). Petitioner alleges that the denial was arbitrary and capricious, and without any basis in fact, that it was based upon erroneous standards…