ORLOFF v. WILLOUGHBY

No. 13248.

195 F.2d 209 (1952)

ORLOFF v. WILLOUGHBY, Colonel, U. S. Army.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Caughlan, Siegfried Hesse, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., John E. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty. Seattle, Wash. (Robert O. Hillis, Major Jagc, U. S. Army, Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for appellee.

Before ORR and POPE, Circuit Judges, and GOODMAN, District Judge.


ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was denied. He appeals. Appellant is a medical doctor, specializing in psychiatry. On July 26, 1951 he was inducted into the armed forces as a private by authority of the so-called "Doctors Draft Law," Public Law 779, 81st Cong., 2d Sess., 1950 U.S.Code Congressional Service, p. 885. The statute grants the President of the United States authority to "* * * require special registration...

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