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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241fd Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION

CLAUDIO BARRIENTOS-RAMIREZ §

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 Petitioner

VS. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:17-CV-51

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER

This is a habeas action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on February 6, 2017, by 

a prisoner incarcerated at the Otay-Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. 

(D.E. 1). Petitioner is currently incarcerated for a sentenced imposed by the Southern 

District of California. (D.E. 1, Page 3). 

It is well established that a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2241 must be filed in the district where the prisoner is incarcerated. Hooker v. 

Sivley, 187 F.3d 680, 682 (5th Cir. 1999)(citation omitted); see also Pack v. Yusuff, 218 

F.3d 448, 451 (5th Cir. 2000)(citations omitted). The Otay-Mesa Detention Center is 

located in San Diego, California which is within the jurisdiction of the United States 

District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego Division. Further, at the 

time this petition was filed, Petitioner was incarcerated pursuant to a sentence imposed by 

United States District Court

Southern District of Texas

ENTERED

February 08, 2017

David J. Bradley, Clerk

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the Southern District of California, San Diego Division, who also maintains supervised 

release jurisdiction.1 

Accordingly, it is ordered that this case be transferred to the United States District 

Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego Division. 

ORDERED this 8th day of February, 2017.

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 Jason B. Libby

 United States Magistrate Judge

 

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Petitioner, who was arrested on or about July 25, 2011, pled guilty to Illegal Re-Entry on 

September 21, 2011, in the Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District of Texas and was 

sentenced to 41 months imprisonment as well as two years supervised release. United States v. 

Claudio Barrientos-Ramirez, Case No. 2:11-cr-776-001 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 21, 2011)(Judgment). 

After completing his term of imprisonment, a supervised release warrant was later issued in the 

Southern District of Texas on February 16, 2016 and supervised release jurisdiction was then 

transferred to the Southern District of California, San Diego Division on April 14, 2016. United 

States v. Claudio Barrientos-Ramirez, Case No. 2:11-cr-776-001 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 14, 

2016)(Transfer of Jurisdiction). 

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