After his conviction, Alvarado filed for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that the custody analysis was incorrect because the court had not considered Alvarado's age in its reasonable person test.
Supreme Court Order The motion of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari on 8 1/2-by-11-inch page proofs is granted.
After his request for a waiver of deportation was denied, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court in Connecticut.
He has been held in a Navy brig as an enemy combatant for more than three years, and had filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, asking to be freed.
One of those convicted, Lothar Eisentrager, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a U.S. district court on his own behalf and for that of 20 of his imprisoned colleagues.
Mr. Padilla's lawyers have filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, asking that he be released or brought to New York for a hearing on the legality of his detention.
Cephus said: "The widow of the late president Samuel Kanyon Doe, who did not retire but was rather assassinated, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus for the retirement benefits of her late husband and the government of Liberia paid her over $400,000.
In October, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the detainee, arguing that his imprisonment is unlawful.
The Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights filed a writ for habeas corpus on the ape's behalf, and this is the first time the tactic has worked, offering a new strategy for activists to follow in the years to come.
Habeas Corpus A final decision was an important interpretation of the 1996 law that limited the right of state inmates to file more than one petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court.
