Enriquez v. Secretary, Department of Corrections et al

Filing 3

ORDER: This case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division, for all further proceedings. The Clerk is directed to close this case, and immediately forward the Court file to that Division. Signed by Judge James S. Moody, Jr on 2/12/2014. (LN)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION

JAVIER ENRIQUEZ,
Petitioner,
-vs-

Case No. 8:14-CV-335-T-30TGW

SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS,
Respondent.
___________________________/
ORDER
Petitioner, an inmate in a Florida penal institution proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ
of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging 2009 convictions for two counts of
sexual battery and two counts of lewd molestation entered by the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court,
Lee County, Florida (Dkt. 1). Therefore, this case should be transferred to the Fort Myers Division
of this Court. See Local Rule 1.02(c) (“All civil proceedings of any kind shall be instituted in that
Division encompassing the county . . . having the greatest nexus with the cause . . . .”).
ACCORDINGLY, the Court ORDERS that this case is TRANSFERRED to the United
States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division, for all further
proceedings. The Clerk is directed to close this case, and immediately forward the Court file to that
Division.
DONE and ORDERED in Tampa, Florida on February 12, 2014.

SA:sfc
Copy to: Pro se Petitioner