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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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

ROBERT C. POTTS, III,

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN, USP1 COLEMAN,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-01628-KAW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner Robert C. Potts, III, a federal prisoner incarcerated at the Federal Correctional 

Complex located in Coleman, Florida, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the execution of his sentence which was imposed by the 

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. 

Review of the execution of a federal sentence is properly brought as a petition under 

28 U.S.C. § 2241. United States v. Giddings, 740 F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir. 1984). However, 

jurisdiction over challenges to physical confinement lies only in the district of confinement. 

Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 444 (2004). The Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, 

Florida, located in Sumter County, is in the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Middle District of Florida. Therefore, jurisdiction over this case is in the Middle District of 

Florida, not in this district.

In the interests of justice, the district court where the petition is filed may transfer the 

petition to the district which has jurisdiction over the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1631 and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court is ordered to TRANSFER 

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this action forthwith to the district of Petitioner’s confinement, i.e., the United States District 

Court for the Middle District of Florida.

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court’s docket as no longer pending in 

this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 14, 2015 ______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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