STAUFFER v. LAIRD

No. C-71 1496.

334 F.Supp. 571 (1971)

Private Michael J. STAUFFER, Petitioner, v. Melvin R. LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

November 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis N. Hiken, Seaside, Cal., Lawrence L. Curtice, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., John D. Link, Asst. U. S. Atty., Michael P. Couture, Captain, United States Army, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for respondents.


ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

ZIRPOLI, District Judge.

Petitioner was inducted into the Army on August 4, 1970, and sent to Fort Ord, California, for basic combat training. On September 15, 1970, petitioner applied for conscientious objector status within the military, and, on February 19, 1971, the Army approved his request for classification as a non-combatant. In the interim, however, petitioner's beliefs changed. On February 15,...

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