§ 2250. — Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC2250]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 153--HABEAS CORPUS
Sec. 2250. Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without
cost
If on any application for a writ of habeas corpus an order has been
made permitting the petitioner to prosecute the application in forma
pauperis, the clerk of any court of the United States shall furnish to
the petitioner without cost certified copies of such documents or parts
of the record on file in his office as may be required by order of the
judge before whom the application is pending.
(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.
