Wisconsin Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus — Petition 2254 is a legal document used to challenge the legality of a person’s confinement. It is a petition filed in state court by an individual who believes they are being unlawfully detained. In Wisconsin, Petition 2254 is a specific petition filed in the court of appeals in the state. This petition seeks to bring up whether the detaining party has the legal authority to hold the individual in custody. It can be used to challenge the legality of a person’s confinement in prison, jail, or other detention facility. The petition also requests that the court issue a writ of habeas corpus, which is a court order to the detaining party to show cause why the individual should be held in custody. There are two types of Wisconsin Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus — Petition 2254: original and successive. Original petitions are those challenging the legality of a person’s detention from the very beginning; successive petitions are those challenging the legality of a person’s detention after some time has passed.