Can a prisoner challenge the execution of their sentence by using a motion of habeas corpus?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Wynter v. Warden of Atwater United Statesp, Case No. 1:15-cv-00036-SAB-HC (E.D. Cal. 2015):

In contrast, a prisoner challenging the manner, location, or conditions of that sentence's execution must bring a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241 in the district where the petitioner is in custody. See Stephens, 464 F.3d at 897; Hernandez v. Campbell, 204

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