Legal Opinion
Private First Class (E-3) William Richard Meck v. Commanding Officer, Valley Forge General Hospital and Secretary of the Army, Stanley Resor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 1971No. 19276PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges a district court order, 320 F.Supp. 1246, dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction. William Richard Meek, a Private in the United States Army, brought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking release from the custody of the Army. In this petition Meek alleged that he had been unlawfully denied a conscientious objector discharge because the Army had failed to properly process his application for this discharge. In denying the petition on…
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