...to entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus "only on the ground that [the petitioner] is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." The Eleventh Circuit's ultimate conclusion was that the sentencing proceeding violated the Eighth Amendment,...

...corpus, to inquire into the cause of the detention of auy one claiming to be re strained of his liberty in violation of the constitution or laws or treaties of the United States, it was not intended by congress that they should, by writs of habeas corpus, obstruct the ordinary...

...of their own government. The civil war was the cause of the act of 1867, extending the provisions of the writ to persons in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treatv of the United States.3 The language of the act is very sweeping, and authorizes...

...determined by the tribunal before whom the prisoner is brought whether his imprisonment or custody is in violation of the Constitution or laws or trea'ties of the United Opinion of the Court. States. The cases on this subject, as they have been decided in the courts of...

...corpus, to inquire into the cause of the detention of any one claiming to be restrained of his liberty in violation of the Constitution, or laws, or treaties of the United States, it was not intended by Congress that they should by writs .of habeas corpus obstruct the ordinary administration...

...corpus, to inquire into the cause of the detention of any one claiming to be restrained of his liberty in violation of the Constitution, or laws, or treaties of the United States, it was not intended by Congress that they should by writs of habeas corpus obstruct the ordinary administration...

...in his behalf,80 but the proper federal court has power to grant a habeas corpus if his detention is in violation of the constitution, or laws, or treaties of the United States;81 otherwise the power does not exist.82 [$ 133] 7. Custody of Foreigners Where Law of Nations...

...Congress, or an order, process, judgment or decree of a court or judge of the United States; or (3) He is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States; or (4) He, being a citizen of a foreign state and domiciled therein is in custody for an act done or...

...Congress, or an order, process, judgment or decree of a court or judge of the United States; or (3) He is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States; or (4) He, being a citizen of a foreign state and domiciled therein is in custody for an act done or...

...Congress, or an order, process, judgment or decree of a court or judge of the United States; or (3) He is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States; or (4) He, being a citizen of a foreign state and domiciled therein is in custody for an act done or...