Legal Opinion
James Rolf Bjerkan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 1975No. 74--2039PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
As it developed, the only question in this appeal from the denial of habeas corpus type relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 concerns whether a presidential pardon granted after the decision on this petition in the district court moots the appeal.
I
The petitioner, James Rolf Bjerkan, was convicted of refusing to report for induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a). His conviction was affirmed by this court on March 9, 1973, 7 Cir., 474 F.2d 1351, cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1022, 94 S.Ct. 444, 38 L.Ed.2d 312. On January 4, 1974, when he began his…
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