First Lieutenant Stephen H. Lafranchi v. Honorable Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force

I would affirm the district court’s finding that “the record discloses that there was a reasonable basis in fact for the Secretary’s denial of the petitioner’s application for discharge as a conscientious objector, and that the petitioner was afforded procedural due process . . . The principles and standards for granting or denying a conscientious objector claim have been reviewed many times, most recently by this court in Sanger v. Seamans, 507 F.2d 814 (9th Cir. 1974). The legal question is whether or not there was a basis in fact for finding that appellant’s views were not sincerely held.…