HABEAS CORPUS

(Caption and Title)

PETITION

Petitioners, thru counsel, unto this Honorable Court, respectfully avers that:

1. Petitioner and the respondent are both of age, and residents of

__________________;

2. Petitioner, in whose behalf this application is being made, is actually restrained of his
liberty by the respondent at the latter’s residence at_______________________;

3. This restraint of liberty of the petitioner consists of the following:

(State facts constituting the illegal confinement)

4. Such restraint of liberty of the petitioner by the respondent is without any legal authority;

5. Petitioner, thru counsel, has exhausted all efforts available at law, and that he has no
other plain, speedy, and adequate remedy to protect his personal rights except by his application
for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that a Writ of Habeas Corpus be issued by This

Honorable Court, directed to _________________ commanding the latter to produce the body of
__________________ before this court at the time and place therein specified, and to summon
the respondent ____________ then and there to appear and to show cause of the detention of said
________________; and that after due proceedings, __________________ be restored to his
liberty and forthwith discharged from confinement.

(Venue, date, signature)

(Verification)