Woods v. Sheehan

987 F.2d 1454 Joel C. WOODS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Major General J.J. SHEEHAN, U.S. Marine Corps; Thomas Starr, Commanding Officer-Inspector 6th Engineer Support Battalion; Lt. Colonel Swanson, Commanding Officer 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Respondents-Appellees. No. 91-35695. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1992. Decided March 15, 1993. Roy S. Haber, Eugene, OR, for petitioner-appellant. Lieutenant Mark D. Lawton, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Alexandria, VA and James L. Sutherland, Asst. U.S. Atty., Eugene, OR, for respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: KILKENNY, TANG, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 United States Marine Corps Reserve Corporal Joel Corey Woods, Jr. ("Woods") sought a discharge as a conscientious objector. The Marine Corps Reserve ("Marine Corps") denied Woods' claim of conscientious objector status. Woods thereafter petitioned the district court for habeas corpus relief. 1 The district court dismissed the petition. On appeal, Woods argues he established a prima facie case for conscientious objector status and that the district court…