Alegal petition requesting that a judge examine whether an individual is being properly detained in jail, prison, or mental hospitals is called a(n):

United states v.  nixon, 418  u.s.  683 (1974),  was  a landmark  united states supreme court case  that resulted in a unanimous  decision  against president richard  nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings  and  other subpoenaed materials to a  federal  district  court.