28 U.S.C. § 2249 : US Code - Section 2249: Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent

Search 28 U.S.C. § 2249 : US Code - Section 2249: Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent

On application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the
detention of any person pursuant to a judgment of a court of the
United States, the respondent shall promptly file with the court
certified copies of the indictment, plea of petitioner and the
judgment, or such of them as may be material to the questions
raised, if the petitioner fails to attach them to his petition, and
same shall be attached to the return to the writ, or to the answer
to the order to show cause.