Case Name: Paul L. CLEMENT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-09-23
Citations: 447 F.2d 1404
Docket Number: No. 71-1522
Parties: Paul L. CLEMENT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 447
Pages: 1404–1405

Head Matter:
Paul L. CLEMENT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Respondents-Appellees.
No. 71-1522.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Sept. 23, 1971.
James L. Vonasch, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner-appellant.
William H. Rubidge, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for respondents-appellees.
Before DUNIWAY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.
Honorable Gus J. Solomon, United States District Judge, District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Clement appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he sought discharge from the Armed Forces as a conscientious objector. He has exhausted his administrative remedies. His beliefs, as stated by him, are such as to present a prima facie case for discharge within the rule of Welsh v. United States, 1970, 398 U.S. 333, 90 S.Ct. 1792, 26 L.Ed.2d 308. There is no claim that he is not sincere. We can find no basis in fact for the denial of discharge.
The order is reversed and the ease is remanded to the District Court with directions to issue the writ, unless within 30 days, the Army grants Clement a discharge as a conscientious objector. The mandate shall issue forthwith.