28 U.S.C. § 2248 Return Or Answer; Conclusiveness

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-21 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/13/2023)

The allegations of a return to the writ of habeas corpus or of an answer to an order to show cause in a habeas corpus proceeding, if not traversed, shall be accepted as true except to the extent that the judge finds from the evidence that they are not true.

Cite as 28 U.S.C. § 2248

Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.