CAPOBIANCO v. LAIRD

No. 529, Docket 34139.

424 F.2d 1304 (1970)

Joseph CAPOBIANCO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense; Hon. Stanley Resor, Secretary of the Army; Commanding Officer, Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Chevigny, New York City (Alan H. Levine, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Steve C. Arniotes, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Vincent T. McCarthy, U. S. Atty. for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y.), Edward R. Neaher, U. S. Atty. for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel, for respondents-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York denying a writ of habeas corpus is another of the increasing number of cases relating to claims that conscientious objection had crystallized after notice to report for induction.

Joseph Capobianco, a Roman Catholic, enjoyed deferment as an undergraduate student (II-S) until July, 1968, when he was classified I-A. He requested an occupational deferment...

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