McMahan v. Laird

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GORDON THOMPSON, Jr., District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on a return to an order to show cause which was issued upon a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner requests to be discharged from the U. S. Navy as a conscientious objector. Petitioner, Ronald L. McMahan joined the Naval R.O. T. C. unit at the University of Colorado in September 1966, and remained therein until June 1969, when he graduated and was commissioned an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve. Petitioner thereafter reported aboard the U.S.S. Cleveland (LPD-7) on August 1, 1969, and was…