Pifer v. Laird

ORDER DENYING ALL RELIEF AND DISMISSING THE ACTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.

This case involves a serviceman’s claim to a conscientious objector discharge from the army. Petitioner has been denied the right to file his C.O. application at the Oakland Army Base. He seeks a declaratory judgment and order in the nature of a writ of mandamus.

At issue is a change in an army regulation that denies servicemen the right to file applications for conscientious objector discharges while stationed at temporary duty stations such as the Oakland Overseas Replacement…