Legal Opinion
Goodrich v. Marsh
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided May 7, 1987No. Civ. A. 87-0035-P(J)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.
This case is before the court on a petition for habeas corpus relief. Jurisdiction is claimed under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 1331, and 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-559, 701-706.
Petitioner filed this writ for habeas corpus seeking release from the Army as a conscientious objector (CO). Petitioner is an Army medical doctor, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, and is stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Petitioner initially filed an application for CO status in May 1986. Pursuant to Army procedures, he was interviewed by a chaplain and by an Army psychiatrist to…
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- United States v. Jeffrey Hale PurvisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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