SCOTUS Blog·2 hours ago·Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 10:51 AM

Court to consider federal inmate’s ability to use habeas to accelerate transfer to a halfway house or home confinement

In Maxwell v. Dinis, to be argued on Nov. 2, the Supreme Court will address a federal inmate’s ability to use a habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, to contest the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ refusal to accelerate his transfer to a halfway house or home confinement.

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