Federal habeas corpus is a procedure under which a federal court may review the legality of an individual's incarceration. Writ of Habeas Corpus.▷ Common law writ of habeas corpus – you "have the body" - bring the prisoner to court. Rule 19 of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure and Rules 65B and 65C of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure govern habeas corpus proceedings. Any federal court may grant a writ of habeas corpus to a petitioner who is within its jurisdiction. Any federal court may grant a writ of habeas corpus to a petitioner who is within its jurisdiction. 1997), affirmed on other grounds in Martinez-Villareal, 523 U.S. 637. In this federal habeascorpus case, pro se inmate Gary Joe McCamey,1 attacks his state conviction. A Utah state court dismissed Petitioner Jeffery Finlayson's habeas corpus proceeding for failure to prosecute. This Court did not create a common-law writ of habeas corpus.