McGehee v. McKaney

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

This habeas corpus proceeding was instituted by Michael G. McGehee, a private in the United States Army, presently stationed at Fort Holabird, Maryland. McGehee was inducted into the Army in February, 1969. On November 25, 1969, he filed an application for a discharge from the Army as a conscientious objector. That application was subsequently denied by the Adjutant General of the Army and such denial was communicated to McGehee in February, 1970. Thereafter, McGehee instituted these proceedings1 which raise the issue of whether the Army’s denial of…