United States v. Michael Porter Leavy

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Michael Leavy was convicted of wil-, fully refusing induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C.App. § 462 and 32 C.F.R. 1632.14. The principal issue, as in most draft cases, is the validity of the induction order. We affirm.

On November 29, 1965, Leavy submitted to his local board Selective Service Form 150, Request for Conscientious Objector Status. His request was denied after a hearing before the local board and he was placed in class I-A.

The appeal board referred the matter to the Justice Department, following the now-superseded procedure, see…