A Nebraska Petition Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is a legal document filed in a federal court by a person who is currently held in custody or confinement in the state of Nebraska. The petition seeks to challenge the legality of the petitioner’s custody or confinement and asks the court to order the state to release the petitioner from custody. This petition is typically used when a person has been convicted of a crime and believes that their conviction was obtained in violation of their constitutional rights. The two types of Nebraska Petition Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus are the Initial Petition and the Successive Petition. An Initial Petition is a petition filed by a person who has never filed an areas petition before. A Successive Petition is a petition filed by a person who has unsuccessfully filed one or more prior areas petitions challenging the same conviction.