Legal Opinion
Ptak v. Laird
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided August 4, 1971No. Civ. A. No. C-2587PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ARRAJ, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Lt. Lloyd D. Ptak, contesting the disapproval by the Army of his request for an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector. Ptak joined the Army ROTC program while an undergraduate at Texas A & M, and was commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation in 1966. He went to Stanford to do graduate work in chemistry, and in the spring of 1970 was assigned to Fort McClellan, Alabama in the Chemical Officers Basic Course. Ptak claimed that his experiences, while at…
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