Opinion ID: 6108242
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Text: A petition for relief under Act 1780 is commenced by filing a petition in the court in which the conviction was entered. Ark. Code Ann. § 16-112-201 (a). If Act 1780 is not the basis for issuance of the writ, our statutes provide, The writ shall be directed to the person in whose custody the prisoner is detained, and made returnable as soon as may be ... before the circuit judges of the county in which it may be served, if either are within the county. Ark. Code Ann. § 16-112-105 (b)(1) ; Hundley v. Hobbs , 2015 Ark. 70 , at 3, 456 S.W.3d 755 , 757. A circuit court, in proceedings other than those under Act 1780, has personal jurisdiction over the prison officials who detain a prisoner seeking the writ, and it has authority to return the writ when that prisoner is incarcerated within the jurisdiction of the court from which he or she seeks the writ. Dunahue v. Kelley , 2018 Ark. 4 , 534 S.W.3d 140 . Because Muldrow challenged a conviction in the Hempstead County Circuit Court, the Lincoln County Circuit Court did not have jurisdiction under Act 1780. It did have jurisdiction for claims for the writ not under the Act.