Legal Opinion
Donigian v. Laird
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 15, 1969No. Civ. A. 20884PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, District Judge.
Lieutenant Douglas W. Donigian has brought a petition for habeas corpus in this court challenging the refusal of the Army to discharge him as a conscientious objector. The defendants answered, claiming that this court lacks jurisdiction, that the plaintiff has failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, and that on the merits, there was a basis in fact for the defendants’ action in refusing to grant such a discharge. These contentions will be dealt with in order.
Lieutenant Donigian became a member of the Army ROTC while an undergraduate at Carnegie Institute of…
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