Clifford August Thompson, Jr. v. United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent

*325BATTIN, District Judge:

Thompson appeals the lower court’s finding that he violated the Military Selective Service Act of 19671 by failing to accept induction into the Armed Forces of the United States. Thompson contends that he was improperly denied a conscientious objector classification by his local board and therefore that his conviction should be reversed. Three interdependent questions are presented on appeal: (1) Whether the appellant raised the defense of improper denial of conscientious objector status; (2) if so, whether he presented a prima facie case for that classification to his…