Cornelious Lockhart v. United States

ELY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal follows appellant’s conviction for having refused to submit to induction under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. *1144§ 462. Our jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291,1294.

Shortly after his eighteenth birthday, Lockhart registered with the Selective Service System at Local Board No. 121 (“the board”) in Los Angeles, California.1 As the time for induction of registrants in the appellant’s age-group approached,2 the board mailed Lockhart a Classification Questionnaire, SSS Form No. 100. In this form, which he immediately completed…