Court Opinion

ID: 9456705
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:00:35.285648+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:04.933888
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GIBSON, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I would reverse on the basis that § 10(b) (3) of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 U.S.C.A. App. § 460(b) (3) precludes pre-induction judicial review. While the postponement did not follow precisely the regulations (being oral instead of written), it is obvious that only a short postponement was contemplated, pending the outcome of the municipal court hearing and that the petitioner has in no way been prejudiced by the postponement. His selection for service and order of call was set in 1969. The postponement did not cancel the Order to Report for Induction under 32 C.F.R. § 1632.2(d), and under 32 C.F.R. § 1632.14 petitioner had a continuing duty to report for induction upon the termination of his postponement.
This case is governed by the same legal principles discussed in Zerillo v. Local Board No. 102 et al., 440 F.2d 136 decided by us this same date, and calls for the same result. The postponement was not a “clear departure” from the statutory mandate; nor was the random selection method of 32 C.F.R. § 1631.7 available until January 1, 1970. Gutknecht v. United States, 396 U.S. 295, 306, 90 S.Ct. 506, 24 L.Ed.2d 532 (1970).