LARRY GORDON WARE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
COMMANDING GENERAL, FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, AND STANLEY E. RESOR, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES

6th Cir. | 1972-03-06
No. 71-1817
456 F.2d 1036 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1972) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the requirement for a Selective Service Board to state its reasons for a decision, as established in United States v. O'Bryan, applies only to conscientious objector cases and not to other classifications.


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Appellant sought release from the Army via habeas corpus, arguing the Local Board erred by not providing reasons for denying his II-A classification c…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking release from the United States Army. Appellant acknowledges that the District Court had found that the Local Board had a “basis in fact” for denying petitioner a continuation of his II-A classification. But appellant claims as reversible error the District Court’s failure to grant the petition on the ground that the Local Board did not give any reasons for its decision. In this regard appellant relies entirely upon this court’s recent opinion in United States v. O’Bryan, 450 F. 2d 365 (6th Cir. 1971).

The holding in O’Bryan, which involved a claim to conscientious 'Objector status, was as follows:

“Where it is clear that a prima fa-cie case was established, we conclude that in conscientious objector cases, it is essential to the validity of an order to report that the board state its basis of decision and the reasons therefor, . ” United States v. O’Bryan, supra at 371. (Emphasis added.) Appellant’s reliance upon O’Bryan for requiring Selective Service Boards to state their reasons in relation to noncon-scientious objector eases is misplaced.1

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.

. Note, however, that the Selective Service System has published a notice of proposed rule making as follows :

“§ 1623.4 Action to be taken when classification determined.

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(c) In the event that the local board classifies the registrant in a class other than that which he requested it shall record its reasons therefor in his file.

The local board shall inform the registrant of such reasons in writing at the time it mails to him a notice of his classification.” 37 FED.REG. 480 (Jan. 12, 1972).


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