JONES v. HENDRIX

No. 21-857.

143 S.Ct. 1857 (2023)

Marcus DeAngelo JONES, Petitioner v. Dewayne HENDRIX, Warden.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Ortiz , Charlottesville, VA, for Petitioner.

Eric J. Feigin , Washington, DC, for Respondent in support of affirmance.

Morgan L. Ratner , Washington, DC, for Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. Feigin , Deputy Solicitor General, Sopan Joshi , Assistant to the Solicitor General, John M. Pellettieri , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Jeremy B. Lowrey , Sheridan, AR, Daniel R. Ortiz , Counsel of Record, University of Virginia, School of Law, Supreme Court, Litigation Clinic, Charlottesville, VA, for Petitioner.


This case concerns the interplay between two statutes: 28 U.S.C. § 2241, the general habeas corpus statute, and § 2255, which provides an alternative postconviction remedy for federal prisoners. Since 1948, Congress has provided that a federal prisoner who collaterally attacks his sentence...

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