§ 2249. — Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 28USC2249]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 153--HABEAS CORPUS
Sec. 2249. Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment;
duty of respondent
On application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the
detention of any person pursuant to a judgment of a court of the United
States, the respondent shall promptly file with the court certified
copies of the indictment, plea of petitioner and the judgment, or such
of them as may be material to the questions raised, if the petitioner
fails to attach them to his petition, and same shall be attached to the
return to the writ, or to the answer to the order to show cause.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It
conforms to the prevailing practice in habeas corpus proceedings.
