United States ex rel. Brooks v. Clifford

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, a member of the United States Army, in which he voluntarily enlisted after being classified 1-A by his local selective service board, sought a writ of habeas corpus to effect his release upon his claim that he was a conscientious objector. The writ was sought after his claim was rejected by the Army. The district court, concluding that there was a basis in fact on which the Department of the Army could bottom its decision that petitioner’s objection to further military service had as its sole basis a merely personal code, denied the writ; but we are satisfied…