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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 Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE LUIS MEJIA,

Petitioner,

v.

ERIC HOLDER, Attorney General, et al.,

Respondent.

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No. C 14-1924 NC (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

On April 25, 2014, Petitioner, a detainee of the United States Department of

Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“I.C.E.”), filed the

above-titled petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, claiming that

the length of his ongoing detention by I.C.E. raises constitutional concerns. Petitioner also

filed a motion for appointment of counsel. Petitioner is being held at the Yuba County Jail. 

District courts are limited to granting habeas relief “within their respective

jurisdictions.” 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a). The Supreme Court has interpreted this language to

require that a § 2241 petitioner challenging his present physical custody file a petition for a

writ of habeas corpus in the district of confinement. Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 446-

47 (2004). Yuba County is located within the venue of the Eastern District of California. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Under such circumstances, the Court may properly transfer the case

 to the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Accordingly, the above-titled action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light of the transfer, this Court will

defer to the Eastern District with respect to Petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel.

The Clerk is directed to transfer this matter forthwith. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 30, 2014 

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge 

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