--- title: "Dragenice v. Ridge" citation: "389 F.3d 92 (4th Cir. 2004)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA4-DRAGENICE-389-F3D-92" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_fourth_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca4" official_url: "https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/036717.P.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA4-DRAGENICE-389-F3D-92/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Dragenice v. Ridge ## Holdings used - Administrative exhaustion can make a ยง 2241 petition premature, but it is a judicial restraint rather than a jurisdictional prerequisite to the district court's habeas power. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Fourth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. The case concerns immigration detention and a pending removal proceeding, not BOP Part 542, so only the bounded nonjurisdictional proposition is used. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 389 F.3d 92 (4th Cir. 2004), 389 F.3d 98: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR4-001` ## Used in - [Fourth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/fourth-circuit.md)