28 U.S.C. § 2250
Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost
If on any application for a writ of habeas corpus an order has been made permitting the petitioner to prosecute the application in forma pauperis, the clerk of any court of the United States shall furnish to the petitioner without cost certified copies of such documents or parts of the record on file in his office as may be required by order of the judge before whom the application is pending.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 88
cases (37 in the last 5 years), 1949–2026 · leading case: Moise Rodriguez v. Florida Department of Corrections
Moise Rodriguez v. Florida Department of Corrections (2014)
“The majority notes that 28 U.S.C. § 2250 , which entitles indigent petitioners to secure documents from the clerk without cost, is an insufficient solution to the disposition of this case.”
Brown v. Allen (1953)
“See 28 U. S. C. § 2250 . Other sections strengthen the ability of the court hearing the application fully to advise itself concerning prior hearings of the same issues for the applicant.”
Cassidy v. United States (1969)
“This matter arises on several motions of the petitioner: (1) Motion for production of records pursuant to 28 U.S. C.A. § 2250; (2) Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and for appointment of counsel, 28 U.”
United States v. Allon Anderson (2014)
“However, in interpreting § 16913 in conjunction with 28 U.S.C. § 2250 (a)(2), we determined Congress’s focus on thé interstate movement of sex offenders was substantial enough to find SORNA valid under the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause, and that the…”
United States v. Thomas Aloysius Warmus (2005)
“According to 28 U.S.C. § 2250 , [i]f on any application for a writ of habe-as corpus an order has been made permitting the petitioner to prosecute the application in forma pauperis, the clerk of any court of the United States shall furnish to the petitioner without cost…”
United States v. Keith Cooper (2014)
“§ 16914 (a); and the elements of the crime of failure to register, 28 U.S.C. § 2250 . Further, the boundaries of the Attorney General’s authority are constrained by the task delegated by Congress.”
Theodore Ruark v. Frank Gunter, Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, of the State of Colorado (1992)
“1976) (interpreting 28 U.S.C. § 2250 ). The MacCollom Court expressly cited circuit court opinions which held that indigent petitioners seeking collateral relief did not have unlimited access to trial transcripts.”
United States v. Anthony Kebodeaux (2011)
“The Court continued, “By facilitating the collection of sex-offender information and its dissemination among jurisdictions, these provisions, not § 2250, stand at the center of Congress’ effort to account for missing sex offenders.”
United States v. Anthony Kebodeaux (2011)
“Therefore, 28 U.S.C. § 2250 (a)(2)(A), a subsection of that same statute, clearly was not enacted as a stand-alone provision, but rather as a complement to the Act’s other provisions.”
Pindale v. Nunn (2003)
“The State nonetheless argues that 28 U.S.C. § 2250 requires the Clerk of the Court to furnish these documents to Petitioner on order of the Court.”
Westmoreland v. Warden, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016)
“Westmoreland then filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2250 request for a copy of the same motion.”
Caryl Chessman v. Harley O. Teets, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California (1956)
“Appellant argues that this could have been done under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2250 , and that the denial of his motion marked an abuse of discretion which deprived him of a full and fair hearing.”
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