Legal Opinion
Tartt v. Secretary of Army
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 7, 1993No. 93 C 4550Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CONLON, District Judge.
Petitioner Derrick Tartt (“Tartt”), a captain in the army reserves, has been ordered to active duty by respondent, the Secretary of the United States Army (“the army”). Tartt petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241,1 requesting that the army be barred from compelling Tartt to serve on active duty, and seeking a rescission *238of his enlistment contract. The army responds that the court lacks jurisdiction and that Tartt’s claims do not raise a justiciable controversy.
BACKGROUND
The parties agree to the following facts: In 1978,…
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