PEREZ v. DUNPHY

Filing 10

ORDER ADOPTING 9 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION that case be transferred to Southern District of Florida signed by SENIOR JUDGE MAURICE M PAUL on 11/6/09. (tss)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION EDWIN PEREZ, Petitioner, v. FRED DUNPHY, WALTER MCNEIL, Respondents. _____________________________/ ORDER This matter is before the Court on Doc. 9, Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, recommending that this case be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The time for filing objections has passed, and none have been filed. The Court agrees that because this petition involves convictions all originating out of Dade or Broward County, Florida, jurisdiction is appropriate in Southern district, as the district of both confinement and conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. 2. The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, Doc. 9, is ADOPTED and incorporated herein. This cause is TRANSFERRED in the interest of justice, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and 1406(a), to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for all further proceedings CASE NO. 4:09-cv-00188-MP-WCS

DONE AND ORDERED this 6th day of November, 2009

s/Maurice M. Paul
Maurice M. Paul, Senior District Judge