United States ex rel. Shiffman v. Commanding Officer, Armed Forces Examining & Entrance Station

OPINION

FREDERICK Van PELT BRYAN, District Judge:

Petitioner, Shiffman, has applied for a writ of habeas corpus directing his release from the United States Army on the ground that his induction into the armed services was unlawful. Shiffman was inducted into the Army on August 6, 1968, after being declared a delinquent and reclassified as I-A by his Local Selective Service Board.1

The not uncomplicated factual background of this application is as follows:

From 1962 until August 1967, Shiffman was classified II-S, first as an undergraduate and then as a graduate student. Upon completion of his…