28 U.S.C. § 2249
Section 2249 · Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent
This is the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States ex rel. Master v. Baldi (1952)
Most recently applied in 582 F. App'x 91 - Tariq Belt v. President United States of Ame (November 2014)
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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It conforms to the prevailing practice in habeas corpus proceedings.