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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 (federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY GILBERT MUNIZ (aka

Antonio Gilbert Muniz),

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 14cv500-LAB (DHB)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

vs.

D. L. YOUNG, Warden, San

DiegoMetropolitan Correction Center, et

al.

Defendants.

Petitioner Anthony Gilbert Muniz filed a petition for writ of habas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2241. Muniz represented that he was being held in the San Diego Metropolitan

Correction Center (MCC), because the U.S. Parole Commission had found him guilty, in

absentia, of escape.

The Court has learned from the MCC staff attorney that Muniz is not being held at the

MCC, but rather is at FCI El Reno, in Oklahoma. Venue is improper in this District, because

he is not being held in custody here, and the conviction for which he is now in custody didn’t

occur here. See § 2241(d). In addition, because he is no longer in the MCC, the petition 1

names the wrong respondent. See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 428 (2004)

The record of decision Muniz attached to the petition shows that the Parole 1

Commission, which made the determination that Muniz had escaped from the residential reentry center, is located in Washington, D.C.

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(“Whenever a § 2241 habeas petitioner seeks to challenge his present physical custody

within the United States, he should name his warden as respondent and file the petition in

the district of confinement.”)

The petition is therefore DISMISSEDWITHOUTPREJUDICE, for improper venue and

failure to name a proper respondent.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 3, 2014

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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