Legal Opinion
Andre L. Phillips v. Richard P. Seiter, Glenn Watson v. Jeffrey J. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1999No. 98-2477, 98-3224PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We have consolidated for decision two appeals by federal prisoners whose petitions for habeas corpus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the federal district courts in which they are imprisoned, which are different districts from the ones in which they were sentenced, were dismissed for want of jurisdiction. With irrelevant exceptions, a federal prisoner who wants to mount a collateral attack on the judgment pursuant to which he is imprisoned must do so by motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (the federal prisoner’s habeas corpus substitute) in the district in which the judgment was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- In Re Jonathan Sims, Janice v. TerbushCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Miguel Dejesus Liriano v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- David John Miller v. Margaret Hambrick, Warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center and William McCoy U.S. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Gilbert Louis Edwards v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by217 opinions
- In Re ClineCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
- Daniel v. American Board of Emergency MedicineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- United States v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- United States v. BotefuhrCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Hammed Adeleke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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