Jobe v. Commissioner of Correction

General Statutes § 52-466(a)(1) provides in relevant part that "[a]n application for a writ of habeas corpus, other than an application pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, shall be made to the superior court, or to a judge thereof, for the judicial district in which the person whose custody is in question is claimed to be illegally confined or deprived of such person's liberty. " 1 (Emphasis added.) Our Supreme Court has concluded "that the custody requirement of § 52-466 is jurisdictional because the history and purpose of the writ of habeas corpus establish that the habeas court…