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- authority type
- statute
- jurisdiction
- federal_nationwide
- publication status
- official_preliminary_code
- precedential status
- binding_enacted_positive_law_title
- subsequent history
- Currentness controlled by the OLRC preliminary edition.
- negative treatment status
- Current text checked through laws in effect on 2026-07-29; constitutional treatment of subsection (e) is outside this record.
- material limitations
- This record does not resolve saving-clause availability, immediate-custodian rules, venue, exhaustion, subsection (e), or a particular remedy.
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Linked modules
- 28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Appeal, Certificate of Appealability, and Relief
- 28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Filing, Custodian, District, and Administrative Exhaustion
- 28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Section 2255(e) Saving Clause, Custody, and Mootness
- BOP Designation, Sentence Commencement, Aggregation, and Prior-Custody Credit
- Prerelease Custody, Residential Reentry, Home Confinement, and the CARES Act
- BOP Administrative Remedies, § 2241 Review, APA Limits, and Mootness
- Supreme Court and Nationwide Floor
28 U.S.C. § 2241
Propositions supported
- Subsection (a) identifies courts and judges empowered to grant the writ.
- Subsection (c) identifies custody predicates, including custody in violation of federal law.
- Subsections (b) and (d) contain express transfer provisions for their stated contexts.
Material limitations
This card does not resolve saving-clause availability, respondent, venue, exhaustion, subsection (e), or a particular remedy.
Official source
OLRC preliminary edition, laws in effect July 29, 2026: https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/28/2241