UNITED STATES v. FERBER

No. 71-2349.

451 F.2d 591 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Alan FERBER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Alan Ferber (argued), John K. Van De Kam, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Joseph H. Golant, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Rom G. Kontos, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., Eric A. Nobles, Chief, Crim. Div., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and CRAIG, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of refusing induction, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. Appellant's main contention is that his local board erred in refusing to reopen his I-A classification to consider his conscientious objector claim filed after he received an order to report for induction.

Appellant argues that his claim rested on non-religious grounds, and that, therefore, the Supreme Court's decision in Welsh v. United States, 398 U.S. 333...

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