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Nature of Suit Code: 463
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, JR.,

Petitioner,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Respondents.

No. 2:15-cv-0204 CKD HC

ORDER

Petitioner, a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner is presently incarcerated at the 

Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. He challenges criminal proceedings 

in the Yakima County Superior Court. (ECF No. 1 at 2.)

Relief under a petition for writ of habeas corpus extends to a person in custody under the 

authority of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3). A federal prisoner may “challenge the 

manner in which a sentence is executed” by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2241. Capaldi v. Pontesso, 135 F.3d 1122, 1123 (6th Cir. 1998). A petition under 28 

U.S.C. § 2241 “must be addressed to the district court which has jurisdiction over [petitioner] or 

his custodian.” Brown v. United States, 610 F.2d 672, 677 (9th Cir. 1980), citing Braden v. 30th 

Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973). 

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Here, petitioner does not appear to be a federal prisoner to whom § 2241 applies. In any 

event, the general rule with regard to habeas applications is that both the United States District 

Court in the district where petitioner was convicted and the District Court where petitioner is 

incarcerated have jurisdiction over the claims. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 

U.S. 484 (1973). In the instant case, petitioner’s place of incarceration is in an area covered by 

the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is 

transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Id. at 499 

n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Dated: March 30, 2015

2 / demo0204.108a

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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