Williams v. United States

Wiley James Williams registered under the Selective Service Act of 1948, 62 Stat. 604 , now the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 451, et seq., on September 7, 1948. He requested and received a Conscientious Objector form which he filed with his local Board on November 1, 1948. On August 8, 1950, Williams was classified 1-A. Thereupon he requested a personal hearing by his local Board in connection with his claim that he was a conscientious objector. On September 1, 1950, after his hearing had been held, he was notified that his request for a conscientious objector classification had been denied and that he had been retained in class 1-A. He did not appeal.

On October 2, 1950,- Williams, as a registrant, was given an armed forces physical examination under the Board’s authority and was found physically fit for service. On the following day, October 3, 1950, he notified the clerk of the Board that he had been married since July 13, 1950. He alleges that the clerk told him that “he would be reconsidered and given a different classification.” Registrant was not reclassified, but was ordered to report at a designated induction center for induction on…