Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 451 28 U.S.C. § 2241 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a) 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2242 28 U.S.C. § 2244 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) 28 U.S.C. § 2254(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2255 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 117 U.S. 241, 246 321 U.S. 114, 164 342 U.S. 205, 212-223 425 U.S. 536, 538 430 U.S. 372, 381 475 U.S. 851, 860 503 U.S. 249, 253 518 U.S. 651, 662 520 U.S. 651, 657 Circuit Courts 457 F.2d 562, 563 504 F.2d 887, 887-888 566 F.2d 507, 508 631 F.2d 1247, 1250 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 695 F.2d 1044, 1048 115 F.3d 809, 811 137 F.3d 234, 236 147 F.3d 1344, 1351 177 F.3d 1236, 1238-1239 216 F.3d 626 251 F.3d 480, 484-485 251 F.3d 720, 723-725 265 F.3d 369, 372 273 F.3d 936, 948 278 F.3d 1306, 1310 288 F.3d 978, 980 289 F.3d 677, 680 297 F.3d 895, 898 308 F.3d 162, 167 321 F.3d 274, 278