§ 7002. Petition. (a) By whom made. A person illegally imprisoned or
otherwise restrained in his liberty within the state, or one acting on
his behalf or a party in a child abuse proceeding subsequent to an order
of the family court, may petition without notice for a writ of habeas
corpus to inquire into the cause of such detention and for deliverance.
A judge authorized to issue writs of habeas corpus having evidence, in a
judicial proceeding before him, that any person is so detained shall, on
his own initiative, issue a writ of habeas corpus for the relief of that
person.

(b) To whom made. Except as provided in paragraph five of this
subdivision, a petition for the writ shall be made to:

1. the supreme court in the judicial district in which the person is
detained; or

2. the appellate division in the department in which the person is
detained; or

3. any justice of the supreme court; or

4. a county judge being or residing within the county in which the
person is detained; where there is no judge within the county capable of
issuing the writ, or if all within the county capable of doing so have
refused, the petition may be made to a county judge being or residing
within an adjoining county.

5. in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants, a
person held as a trial incarcerated individual in a city detention
institution shall petition for a writ to the supreme court in the county
in which the charge for which the incarcerated individual is being
detained is pending. Such incarcerated individual may also petition for
a writ to the appellate division in the department in which he is
detained or to any justice of the supreme court provided that the writ
shall be made returnable before a justice of the supreme court held in
the county in which the charge for which the incarcerated individual is
being detained is pending.

(c) Content. The petition shall be verified and shall state, or shall
be accompanied by an affidavit which shall state,

1. that the person in whose behalf the petition is made is detained,
naming the person by whom he is detained and the place of detention if
they are known, or describing them if they are not known; where the
detention is by virtue of a mandate, a copy of it shall be annexed to
the petition, or sufficient reason why a copy could not be obtained
shall be stated;

2. the cause or pretense of the detention, according to the best
knowledge and belief of the petitioner;

3. that a court or judge of the United States does not have exclusive
jurisdiction to order him released;

4. if the writ is sought because of an illegal detention, the nature
of the illegality;

5. whether any appeal has been taken from any order by virtue of which
the person is detained, and, if so, the result;

6. the date, and the court or judge to whom made, of every previous
application for the writ, the disposition of each such application and
of any appeal taken, and the new facts, if any, presented in the
petition that were not presented in any previous application; and

7. if the petition is made to a county judge outside the county in
which the person is detained, the facts which authorize such judge to
act.