United States v. Thomas Fitch Goodman

SOLOMON, District Judge:

Thomas Fitch Goodman, a lawyer, appeals in propria persona from a jury trial conviction for his failure to report for induction in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. He contends that his local board denied him procedural due process by failing to give him a medical interview when he requested a IV-F classification after he received a notice of induction. He also contends that the trial court erred in its evidentiary rulings and jury instructions.

Goodman registered with his local board on August 5, 1960. He did not claim a disabling physical condition in the…