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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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26 Petitioner has purported to file, inter ali,1) a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 42 1

U.S.C. § 1983 [sic]; 2) a civil action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 [sic]; 3) a complaint regarding

illegal detention under 28 U.S.C. § 2243; 4) a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. This court is

unable to untangle the gravamen of petitioner’s action but it is apparent that this court lacks

personal jurisdiction over Warden Hogan and proper venue as to the other defendants is lacking

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GOREA PIANTONI,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-0642 MCE GGH P

vs.

THOMAS HOGAN, Warden York County

Prison, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY, BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND

CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (B.I.C.E.),

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, an individual evidently in the custody of the United States Department

of Homeland Security proceeding pro se, has filed what this court will construe as an application

for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. There has been no ruling on

petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis.

Petitioner is incarcerated at York County Prison in York County, Pennsylvania,

which is in an area covered by the United States District Court for the Middle District of

Pennsylvania. Petitioner apparently challenges his indefinite detention following issuance of a

final deportation order of unknown date.1

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assuming the agencies are properly named at all.

The Secretary for the United States Department of Homeland Security and the

United States Attorney General may or may not be the proper respondents in a habeas corpus

petition brought by immigration detainees. See Armenterio v. I.N.S., 412 F.3d 1088 (9 Cir. th

2005) Bergon, J. dissenting and discussing Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 124 S. Ct. 2711

(2004). Venue is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d) and is appropriate only in the district of

confinement, or the district of conviction (not applicable here).

Given that petitioner is presently incarcerated in the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, in the interests of justice the court will transfer this

matter to that court.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter be

transferred to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. 

DATED: 10/20/06

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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