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Parties Involved:
Kodilinye Ogonna Ojukwu
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 09-2168

In Re: KODILINYE OGONNA OJUKWU, 

 Petitioner. 

On Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. 

(8:09-cr-00470-PJM; 8:09-cv-02238-PJM; 8:09-mj-01457-TMD) 

Submitted: February 8, 2010 Decided: February 16, 2010 

Before MICHAEL, DUNCAN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. 

Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Kodilinye Ogonna Ojukwu, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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PER CURIAM: 

 Kodilinye Ogonna Ojukwu has filed a petition for an 

original writ of habeas corpus challenging his ongoing detention 

and raising Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues related 

to his ongoing criminal trial in the United States District 

Court for the District of Maryland. 

 Because Ojukwu is not currently incarcerated within 

the Fourth Circuit, we lack jurisdiction to entertain the 

petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a) (2006) (providing that a 

§ 2241 petition must be filed in the district or circuit of 

incarceration); In re Jones, 226 F.3d 328, 332 (4th Cir. 2000). 

Moreover, because the issues that Ojukwu seeks to raise may be 

adequately addressed through pretrial motions at his criminal 

trial, we find that it would not serve the interest of justice 

to transfer the petition to the United States District Court for 

the District of Columbia. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631 (2006). We 

therefore deny the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

and dismiss the petition. We dispense with oral argument 

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented 

in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process. 

PETITION DISMISSED

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