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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

YASIR MEHMOOD,

Petitioner,

v.

TRINITY SERVICES GROUP, INC., 

NSDC, et al.,

Respondents.

1:15-cv-01468-MJS (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO

THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

Petitioner, a federal detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of

habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with a request to proceed in forma 

pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915. 

On September 28, 2015, Petitioner, who is currently detained at the Nevada 

Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas 

Corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. However, 

Nevada Southern Detention Center is located in Nevada, and within the jurisdiction of 

the United States District Court, District of Nevada. 

A challenge to the execution of a federal sentence is properly brought in a petition 

for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See United States v. Giddings, 740 

F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir. 1984). It is preferably brought in the district of confinement. See

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Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989) (noting that even if district court 

has personal jurisdiction over custodian, preferred forum is district where petitioner is 

confined); see also Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 159 L. Ed. 2d 513, 124 S. Ct. 

2711, 2722 (2004) ("[F]or core habeas petitions challenging present physical 

confinement, jurisdiction lies in only one district: the district of confinement."). In the 

interests of justice, a federal court may transfer a case filed in the wrong district to the 

correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

Petitioner is not detained at a facility within this Court's jurisdiction. In the interests 

of justice, the Court HEREBY ORDERS the instant action be transferred to the United 

States District Court, District of Nevada.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 30, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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