PINKUS v. PEARSON

No. 71-1105.

449 F.2d 162 (1971)

Walter Jon PINKUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Willard C. PEARSON, Commanding General of Fort Lewis; and Stanley Resor, Secretary of the Army, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis G. Seinfeld, of Seinfeld, Seinfeld & Duggan, Tacoma, Wash., for petitioner-appellant.

Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for respondents-appellees.

Before DUNIWAY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Pinkus appeals from denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he sought discharge from the Armed Forces as a conscientious objector. He has exhausted his administrative remedies.

1. Pinkus' beliefs, as stated by him, clearly bring his case within the rationale of Welsh v. United States, 1970, 398 U.S. 333, 90 S.Ct. 1792, 26 L.Ed.2d 308. While erroneous views as to the nature of Pinkus' beliefs...

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