Thomas Dean Kirchhoff v. Major William D. McLarty Commanding Officer, Armed Forces Entrance & Examining Station

SETH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a member of the armed forces.

On May 14, 1970, appellant, Thomas Dean Kirchhoff, was classified I-A by his local draft board. At the time of this classification, appellant was twenty years old, married, and expecting his first child. On May 18, 1970, appellant’s employer wrote a letter to the local board, in which he stated his desire to appeal the I-A classification on the grounds appellant was essential to his…