UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE,
v.
JEFFREY PAUL BROWNING, APPELLANT

9th Cir. | 1970-03-19
No. 25003
Before HAMLIN, DUNIWAY and CARTER, Circuit Judges.
423 F.2d 1201 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1970) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the use of Selective Service delinquency regulations to accelerate a registrant's induction is forbidden by Supreme Court decisions.


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Browning's II-S classification expired, and he subsequently returned his registration and classification documents with a letter refusing any classifi…

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Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

We vacated the submission of this case to await the decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Gutknecht v. United States, (1/19/70) 396 U.S. 295, 90 S.Ct. 506, 24 L.Ed.2d 532 and Breen v. Selective Service Board (1/26/70) 396 U.S. 460, 90 S.Ct. 661, 24 L.Ed.2d 653. Those decisions require the reversal of Browning’s conviction for refusing induction into the armed services, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a).

The combined effect of Gutknecht and Breen is to forbid the use of Selective Service delinquency regulations to accelerate the induction of a registrant. Breen involved the reclassification of a registrant from II-S to I-A. Gutknecht involved the promotion of a I-A registrant from the third priority to the first priority category of potential inductees.

Browning’s II-S classification expired on October 31, 1967. On November 8, 1967 he returned his Registration Certificate and his Notice of Classification to his local board together with a letter refusing to accept any classifica tion. On November 15, 1967 the local board declared him delinquent and classified him I-A. A notice in Browning’s file stated that the delinquency declaration had been made pursuant to Selective Service Director Hershey’s Local Board Memorandum 85, a memorandum authorizing acceleration of induction for failure to obey certain Selective Service regulations. Browning was ordered to report for induction in the Board’s next call of registrants. His conviction stemmed from his failure to obey that order. The facts of the case make it clear that Browning’s induction was accelerated because of his refusal to carry selective service documents. The conviction must be reversed.

In light of the disposition of the case, we need not consider other matters raised by Browning. The judgment is reversed.


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