Miller v. Commanding Officer

ATWELL, District Judge.

The petitioner presented an application for a writ a short time before the present petition was filed. I refused the first petition, because it contained allegations and a prayer for a large amount of damages against Army officers, and other extraneous matter. When the present petition reached me it was also inartistically drawn, but it did allege an illegal restraint and a kidnapping and imprisonment by the Army.

A rule was issued and later counsel was appointed at the request of the petitioner.

The Selective Service Board for Cook, Nebraska, where the petitioner…