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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

TOMMY R. McGUIRE,

Petitioner,

v.

JULIE JONES, Secretary of the Florida 

Department of Corrections, and PAM 

BONDI, Florida Attorney General,

Respondents.

Case No.: 17-cv-2260-BAS-BLM

ORDER DISMISSING CASE 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Petitioner, a Florida state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for a Writ 

of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, along with an application to proceed in 

forma pauperis, challenging his Florida state conviction. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Petitioner states 

that he has already filed a 28 U.S.C. §2254 habeas petition challenging his Florida state 

conviction in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, which was 

denied, that he unsuccessfully appealed that decision to the United States Court of Appeals 

for the Eleventh Circuit, and thereafter unsuccessfully sought a writ of certiorari in the 

United States Supreme Court. (ECF No. 1-8.) This action is subject to dismissal without 

prejudice because the Court lacks jurisdiction to consider the Petition. 

Because Petitioner is not confined within the jurisdiction of the Southern District of 

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California and was not convicted by any court located in the Southern District of California, 

this Court lacks jurisdiction over his 28 U.S.C. §2254 habeas petition. See 28 U.S.C. §

2241(a) (“Writs of habeas corpus may be granted by the Supreme Court, any justice 

thereof, the district courts and any circuit judge within their respective jurisdictions.”

(emphasis added)); Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S. 484, 497-

500 (1973) (recognizing that §2241(a) requires a state prisoner to be in custody within, or 

either convicted or subject to a detainer within, the jurisdictional boundaries of the Federal 

District in which he seeks §2254 relief).

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Based on the foregoing, the Court DISMISSES this action with prejudice for lack 

of jurisdiction. The Court TERMINATES AS MOOT Petitioner’s motion to proceed in 

forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 8, 2017

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