BENITEZ-MANRIQUE v. MICHELI

No. 7536.

439 F.2d 1173 (1971)

Jose Antonio BENITEZ-MANRIQUE, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Col. Harry P. MICHELI, Commandant, Induction Station, Col. Bert Perrin, Commandant, U. S. Army, Southern Command, Puerto Rico, Col. John P. Moyar, Commandant, Rodriguez Army Hospital, Fort Brooke, Respondents, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ezra H. Friedman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Will Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Blas C. Herrero, Jr., U. S. Atty., were on brief, for appellants.

Olaguibeet A. Lopez Pacheco, Rio Piedras, P. R., with whom Juanita Trevino Monserrate was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

This is a petition for habeas corpus. Petitioner is a Selective Service inductee who complains because of a failure to receive a medical examination by the Board. The District Court for the District of Puerto Rico granted the writ, 305 F.Supp. 334, and respondents appeal.

The facts are extensive. Petitioner, a resident of Puerto Rico, executed his original questionnaire on November 7, 1967, noting...

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