Bui v. Holder

Filing 5

ORDER for INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:15-cv-636 KJN) to Fresno (1:15-cv-846 JLT) signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 4/24/15. (Plummer, M) Modified on 4/24/2015 (Plummer, M).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DUC QUOC BUI,

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No. 2:15-cv-0846 KJN P
Petitioner,

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v.

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ERIC HOLDER,

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ORDER

Respondent.

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Petitioner has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
2241. Petitioner paid the filing fee.
In his application, petitioner challenges his indefinite detention in the custody of the

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Department of Homeland Security. Petitioner is incarcerated at the Mesa Verde Community

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Correctional Facility in Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield is located in Kern County. Kern

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County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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California.

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Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper

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division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the

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court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. See Brown v.

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United States, 610 F.2d 672, 677 (9th Cir. 1980) (a petition under § 2241 must be addressed to

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the district court which has jurisdiction over petitioner or his custodian); see also Braden v. 30th
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Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 495 (1973).

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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California sitting in Fresno; and
2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be
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United States District Court

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Eastern District of California

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2500 Tulare Street

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Fresno, CA 93721

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Dated: April 24, 2015

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Bui0846.100.2241
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