AMES v. LAIRD

No. 26325.

450 F.2d 314 (1971)

Private E-3 Vincent AMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Melvin R. LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Daniels (argued), Francis Heisler, Charles A. Stewart, Richard M. Silver, Patricia Lane, of Heisler & Stewart, Carmel, Cal., for appellant.

Richard F. Locke, Asst. U. S. Atty., (argued), Robert L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellees.

Before MADDEN, Judge of the United States Court of Claims, and MERRILL and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Ames was drafted and inducted into the Army. Shortly after entry onto active duty he applied for a I-O discharge under AR 635-20. His application was denied. He reapplied and his application was again denied.

Having exhausted his administrative remedies, Ames sought habeas corpus in the Northern District of California. The district court denied the writ.

The Army does not question the sincerity of Ames' religious convictions, nor that his...

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