---
title: "Post-Conviction"
module_id: "MOD-STAGE-POST-CONVICTION-INDEX"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/"
current_through: "2026-08-26"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Post-Conviction
Sections 2255, 2244, and 2241, successive classification, extraordinary writs, and executive clemency.
This page is a verified navigation layer. The linked canonical modules, atomic claims, authority cards, and structured controls remain the legal source; this index does not create a rule from omission or shorthand.
## Canonical modules
| Module | Stage | Verification | Atomic claims |
|---|---|---|---:|
| [Initial Section 2255 Motion, Filing, and Limitations](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2255-initial-motion-and-limitations.md) | `post-conviction/2255-initial-motion-and-limitations` | `verified_with_limitations` | 22 |
| [Section 2255 Cognizability, Default, Actual Innocence, and Ineffective Assistance](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2255-default-innocence-and-ineffective-assistance.md) | `post-conviction/2255-default-innocence-and-ineffective-assistance` | `verified_with_limitations` | 26 |
| [Section 2255 Screening, Hearing, Appeal, and Postjudgment Motions](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2255-procedure-hearing-appeal-and-postjudgment.md) | `post-conviction/2255-procedure-hearing-appeal-and-postjudgment` | `verified_with_limitations` | 27 |
| [Later Section 2255 Filings — Classification and Authorization](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2255-later-filings-classification-and-authorization.md) | `post-conviction/2255-later-filings-classification-and-authorization` | `verified_with_limitations` | 42 |
| [28 U.S.C. §§ 2244 and 2255(h) — Successive-Application Gatekeeping](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2244-2255-successive-gatekeeping.md) | `post-conviction/successive-application-authorization` | `verified_with_limitations` | 14 |
| [28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Filing, Custodian, District, and Administrative Exhaustion](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2241-filing-jurisdiction-respondent-and-exhaustion.md) | `post-conviction/2241-filing-jurisdiction-respondent-exhaustion` | `verified_with_limitations` | 34 |
| [28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Section 2255(e) Saving Clause, Custody, and Mootness](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2241-saving-clause-custody-and-mootness.md) | `post-conviction/2241-saving-clause-custody-mootness` | `verified_with_limitations` | 28 |
| [28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Appeal, Certificate of Appealability, and Relief](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/2241-appeal-and-relief.md) | `post-conviction/habeas-appeal-and-relief` | `verified_with_limitations` | 13 |
| [Extraordinary Writs — Coram Nobis, Audita Querela, and Mandamus](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/extraordinary-writs-coram-nobis-audita-querela-and-mandamus.md) | `post-conviction/extraordinary-writs-coram-audita-mandamus` | `verified_with_limitations` | 34 |
| [Executive Clemency — Pardon, Commutation, Reprieve, and Remission](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/executive-clemency-pardon-and-commutation.md) | `post-conviction/executive-clemency-pardon-commutation` | `verified_with_limitations` | 30 |

## Stage use controls
- Start with the actual docket posture and controlling court, not the desired remedy.
- Calculate every deadline from its stated triggering event and current computation rule.
- Separate jurisdiction, venue, prerequisites, merits, burden, proof, remedy, review, and appealability.
- Use the circuit overlay for any circuit-sensitive proposition and stop at records marked `not_verified`.
- Preserve the operative filings, orders, transcripts, exhibits, agency record, and proof of filing or service.
## Handoff to adjacent stages
Use the [federal process decision trees](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/decision-trees.md) to identify prerequisites, alternative vehicles, appellate routes, and postjudgment interactions. Generated diagrams are navigation aids only; linked canonical modules control.