Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/georgia/gamdce/5:2017cv00477/103807/4
Timestamp: 2017-12-17 19:28:15
Document Index: 728402120

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2254', '§ 2241', '§ 2254', '§ 2241', '§ 2241', '§ 2254']

ORDER transferring this action to the U for TERRELL v. DOZIER et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings
Justia Dockets & Filings Eleventh Circuit Georgia Georgia Middle District Court TERRELL v. DOZIER et al Filing 4
TERRELL v. DOZIER et al
ORDER transferring this action to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, for further consideration and directs the Clerk to immediately forward the file to that District. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 12/06/2017. (thb) [Transferred from gasd on 12/6/2017.]
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA AUGUSTA DIVISION WILLIE TERRELL, Petitioner, CV 117-166 v. GREGORY DOZIER; T J. CONLEY; KARL FORT; SAMUEL S. OLENS; STEVEN WILLIAMS; MR. FNU STEPHENS, Respondents. ORDER Petitioner requests federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging disciplinary proceedings conducted at Washington State Prison in Davisboro, Georgia, which is located in the Middle District of Georgia. (Doc. no. 1.) Petitioner filed a similar petition on August 21, 2017, seeking what appears to be identical relief, and this Court transferred that petition to the Middle District of Georgia. See Terrell v. Conlev et al„ CV 117-101, doc. nos. 1, 3 (S.D. Ga. Aug. 21, 2017). That case is still pending in the Middle District. See Terrell v. Conlev et al., CV 517-324 (M.D. Ga. Aug. 21, 2017). Venue is proper in the Middle District regardless of whether the petition is properly characterized under § 2241 or § 2254. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); see also Fernandez v. United States, 941 F.2d 1488, 1495 (11th Cir. 1991) (explaining § 2241 petitions are properly brought in district of incarceration); Bell v. Watkins, 692 F.2d 999, 1013 (5th Cir. 1982) (approving transfer of § 2254 petition from district of incarceration to district where petitioner was convicted). Therefore, the Court ORDERS the transfer of this action to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, for further consideration and DIRECTS the Clerk to immediately forward the file to that District. SO ORDERED this (&^ day ofDecember, 2017, at Augusta, Georgia. J. RAKELStrHALL, CHIEF JUDGE^ UNITED S5TATES DISTRICT COURT iRN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA