United States of America Ex Rel. Warren Lee Taylor v. Major Edward W. Fritz, Commanding Officer of the Fort Des Moines Examining and Entrance Station

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa denying appellant’s petition for habeas corpus relief.

An evidentiary hearing was held before the District Court at which time the appellant argued that his induction into the Armed Forces was unlawful because he suffered from a disqualifying medical condition, specifically that he was afflicted with a hearing loss of thirty decibels in both ears. Appellant was found physically acceptable at the prein-duction physical and he was classified 1-A. He did not choose to appeal his Selective Service…