Court Opinion

ID: 9454655
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:53:47.543662+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:13.523968
License: Public Domain

McCREE, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
I concur in the result. Selective Service Regulation 32 C.F.R. § 1625.2 vests broad discretion in the Local Board, and since the Board was justified in considering the entire file (instead of being confined solely to appellant’s conscientious objector application), I do not regard the decision not to reopen appellant’s file as an abuse of that discretion. Accordingly, I find it unnecessary to consider the philosophical contours of conscientious objection in this appeal. I agree with the majority’s statement questioning the propriety of imposing the maximum possible sentence in this case.