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D.C. Code § 16-1901 Petition; issuance of writ
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(a) A person committed, detained, confined, or restrained from his lawful liberty within the District, under any color or pretense whatever, or a person in his behalf, may apply by petition to the appropriate court, or a judge thereof, for a writ of habeas corpus, to the end that…
D.C. Code § 16-1902 Service of writ; return
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A writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter shall be served by delivering it to the officer or other person to whom it is directed, or by leaving it at the prison or place at which the party suing it out is detained. The officer or other person shall forthwith, or wit…
D.C. Code § 16-1903 Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ; procedure
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On an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if probable cause is shown for believing that the person charged with confining or detaining the person applying therefor, or on whose behalf the application is made: (1) is about to remove the person so detained from the place where…
D.C. Code § 16-1904 Forfeiture and penalty for failure to produce
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If an officer or other person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed neglects or refuses to: (1) make return of the writ; or (2) bring the body of the person detained — according to the command of the writ, he shall forfeit to the person detained the sum of $500, and be liab…
