SMITH v. LAIRD

Civ. No. 9657.

353 F.Supp. 446 (1973)

Richard D. SMITH, Petitioner, v. Melvin LAIRD, The Secretary of Defense, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

January 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. F. Kitts, Albuquerque, N. M., William A. Norris, Cummington, Mass., for petitioner.

Victor R. Ortega, U. S. Atty., Ruth C. Streeter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., for respondent


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MECHEM, District Judge.

Petitioner, Richard D. Smith, a Captain in the United States Air Force, brings this habeas corpus proceeding requesting that the Court order his discharge from military service as a conscientious objector.

Petitioner was appointed as a medical services officer on June 5, 1967, and entered active duty on September 5, 1967. The Air Force sponsored his medical education and his pediatrics internship...

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