{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-2248","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 2248","heading":"Return or answer; conclusiveness","body":"The allegations of a return to the writ of habeas corpus or of an answer to an order to show cause in a habeas corpus proceeding, if not traversed, shall be accepted as true except to the extent that the judge finds from the evidence that they are not true.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 153—HABEAS CORPUS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"827b03f9b16e9a1a0b5c2ddb50446328321cc3eb18f4b364b4de6f52d947dd77","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-2247","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-2249"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}