--- title: "Madley v. U.S. Parole Commission" citation: "278 F.3d 1306 (D.C. Cir. 2002)" authority_id: "AUTH-CADC-MADLEY-278-F3D-1306" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_dc_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_cadc" official_url: "https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2002/01/00-5226a.txt" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CADC-MADLEY-278-F3D-1306/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Madley v. U.S. Parole Commission ## Holdings used - D.C. Superior Court process is treated as state-court process for § 2253(c)(1)(A), so a COA is required for the resulting § 2241 appeal. ## Material limitation Binding only in the D.C. Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official court archive location and published full-text mirror reviewed. This custody-source exception prevents extending Sugarman's federal-prisoner rule to D.C. Superior Court judgments. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 278 F.3d 1306 (D.C. Cir. 2002), 278 F.3d 1308–10: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIRDC-002` ## Used in - [D.C. Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/dc-circuit.md)