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HITCHCOCK v. LAIRD

No. 71-1971.

456 F.2d 1064 (1972)

Robb D. HITCHCOCK, Appellant, v. Melvin H. LAIRD, as Secretary of Defense, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Anthony Jones, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Greensboro, N. C., for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge, and FIELD, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

After administrative denial of his request to be disenrolled as a member of the R.O.T.C. as a conscientious objector and his subsequent induction on active duty,1 Hitchcock sought a writ of mandamus ordering the Army to grant his request for discharge as a conscientious objector. The District Court denied the petition on September 9, 1971, and this appeal followed.

Hitchcock has been Absent Without Leave since May 27...

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