Hollingsworth v. Balcom

WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus sought after appellant’s application for discharge from the United States Navy Reserve as a conscientious objector was rejected by the Navy. Appellee Balcom is the commanding officer of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, to which appellant is attached. Appellee Symons is the commanding officer of the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois, to which appellant has been ordered for active duty. Appellant filed his applica*420tion in December, 1969, at which time…