No. 25-6909

Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-25
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment death-sentence due-process habeas-corpus racial-discrimination writ-enforcement
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Where a sovereign fails to comply with a conditional writ of habeas corpus, does a district court's subsequent order of "unconditional release" entitle the petitioner to actual physical release? See Wilkinson v. Dotson, 544 U.S. 74, 86 (2005) (Scalia & Thomas, JJ., concurring).

2. Where a sovereign fails to comply with an unconditional writ of habeas corpus, is the petitioner entitled to physical release without being subject to rearrest?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court's order of unconditional release following a sovereign's failure to comply with a conditional writ of habeas corpus entitles a petitioner to actual physical release, and whether a petitioner is entitled to physical release without being subject to rearrest when a sovereign fails to comply with an unconditional writ of habeas corpus

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2026)
2026-01-05
Application (25A779) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 23, 2026.
2025-12-23
Application (25A779) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 7, 2026 to February 23, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Malik Allah-U-Akbar
Kathryn Lee BaileyFederal Public Defender, W.D. PA, Petitioner