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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BALJIT SINGH,

Petitioner,

v.

WILLIAM P. BARR, et al.,

Respondents.

Case No. 19-cv-02340-HSG 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a detainee of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) 

currently incarcerated at the Aurora Detention Center County Jail, filed a pro se petition for writ 

of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his current indefinite detention. 

Section 2241 allows “the [U.S.] Supreme Court, any justice thereof, the district courts and 

any circuit judge” to grant writs of habeas corpus “within their respective jurisdictions.” 28 

U.S.C. § 2241(a). “[F]or core habeas petitions challenging present physical confinement, 

jurisdiction lies in only one district: the district of confinement.” Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 

426, 443 (2004). Petitioner is confined in Colorado, which lies within the venue of the District of 

Colorado. See 28 U.S.C. § 85. Therefore, venue properly lies in that district and not in this one. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2). Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States 

District Court for the District of Colorado. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

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The Clerk shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the District of 

Colorado.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

5/13/2019

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