Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Aug 14, 2017
Thepetition of the day is:
17-85
Issue:Whether a person in federal custody is entitled to file an application for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241 because a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion is inadequate or ineffective to permit him to raise a claim that his conviction or sentence is invalid under an intervening and retroactively applicable statutory-interpretation decision of the Supreme Court.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: McCarthan v. Collins
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Aug. 14, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/08/petition-of-the-day-1203/