--- title: "United States v. Barrett" citation: "178 F.3d 34 (1st Cir. 1999)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA1-BARRETT-178-F3D-34" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_first_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca1" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA1-BARRETT-178-F3D-34/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Barrett ## Holdings used - COA and appellate preclearance requirements do not directly apply to a federal prisoner's claim actually proceeding under ยง 2241; classification remains separate. ## Material limitation Binding only in the First Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Published precedential full opinion reviewed from a public full-text mirror after no historical official opinion file was located. The mixed alternative posture is preserved, and no saving-clause merits proposition is adopted. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 178 F.3d 34 (1st Cir. 1999), 178 F.3d 42: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR1-003` ## Used in - [First Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/first-circuit.md)