United States v. Lester Masao Uyeda

Lester Uyeda was convicted of refusing induction. He appeals on several bases, but asserts primarily that his local board erroneously denied him a I-S(c) student deferment.

The I-S(c) classification is nondiscretionary. The local board must grant a I-S(c) to any qualified registrant. To qualify, the registrant must be, at the time he receives his order for induction, “satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction,” 50 U.S.C. App. § 456(i)(2); 32 C.F.R. § 1625.3(b); and must have enrolled in school before he received his induction order. United States v. Bray, 445 F.2d 819 (9th Cir.…