A writ of habeas corpus allows you to make arguments that you can't make in an appeal. Pending before the Court is petitioner Clarence Barkley's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1).1. To use this form, you must be a person who is currently serving a sentence under a judgment against you in a state court. No. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM. A case in which the Court held that a timely Rule 59(e) motion to "amend or alter" a habeas court's judgment is not a second or successive habeas petition. State concisely every ground on which you claim that you are being held unlawfully. Summarize briefly the facts supporting each ground. In that case, the appellate court construed the habeas corpus ad testificandum statute to include transfer of an inmate for participation in a lineup. In the United States Supreme Court, or a federal habeas corpus petition may be filed in U.S. District Court. 2. § 1983, would evade the exhaustion and other procedural requirements established for state habeas cases in the federal courts.