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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD EDWARD SMITH, Civil

No. 13cv2475-MMA (WMc)

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION 

FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

v.

VICTOR K. HILL, HAROLD R.

BANKE JUSTICE CENTER and

CLAYTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S

OFFICE,

Respondents.

Petitioner, a Georgia state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Petition for

a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging a Georgia conviction. 

Because Petition was convicted in Georgia and is incarcerated there pursuant to that

conviction, and has no connection whatsoever to the Southern District of California, this

Court lacks jurisdiction over the Petition. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241(a) (West 2006)

(“Writs of habeas corpus may be granted by . . . the district courts . . . within their

respective jurisdictions.”); Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S.

484, 495-500 (1973). 

The Petition is DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 16, 2013 ___________________________

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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