---
kind: "unit"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
key: "ptVI/ch154"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 154"
heading: "Special Habeas Corpus Procedures in Capital Cases"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/ptVI-ch154"
sections_count: 6
---

# Chapter 154 — Special Habeas Corpus Procedures in Capital Cases

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure › Part VI — Particular Proceedings

## Sections

- [§2261. Prisoners in State custody subject to capital sentence; appointment of counsel; requirement of rule of court or statute; procedures for appointment](/usc/28/2261.md)
- [§2262. Mandatory stay of execution; duration; limits on stays of execution; successive petitions](/usc/28/2262.md)
- [§2263. Filing of habeas corpus application; time requirements; tolling rules](/usc/28/2263.md)
- [§2264. Scope of Federal review; district court adjudications](/usc/28/2264.md)
- [§2265. Certification and judicial review](/usc/28/2265.md)
- [§2266. Limitation periods for determining applications and motions](/usc/28/2266.md)