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Parties Involved:
Michael Scott Johnson
Petitioner
United States Parole Commission
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL SCOTT JOHNSON,

Petitioner,

v.

UNITED STATES PAROLE 

COMMISSION,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-02092-SMS HC

ORDER TRANSFERRING THIS CASE 

TO THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

On December 31, 2014, Petitioner Michael Scott Johnson filed a pro se petition for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Shortly thereafter, Petitioner was transferred to the 

Phoenix Federal Correction Institution, Phoenix, Arizona. 

A habeas action is subject to jurisdictional and statutory limitations. See Braden v. 30th

Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S. 484 (1973). The proper respondent in a habeas corpus 

action is the warden of the institution in which the petitioner is confined. Rumsfield v. Padilla, 542 

U.S. 426, 434 (2004). Because the habeas petition must be reviewed by the district court in the 

district where the petitioner is confined (United States v. Giddings, 740 F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir. 

1984)), this Court must transfer the petition to the District Court for District of Arizona.

Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS that this case be TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the District of Arizona.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2015 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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