THOMAS v. MCLAUGHLIN

Filing 10

ORDER DENYING 8 Motion to Instruct the Clerk to Make Copies of Petitioner's Reference Materials; and DENYING 9 Motion for Leave to Invoke Discovery for Cause. Ordered by Judge Marc Thomas Treadwell on 6/12/2013. (tlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
SHELTON RAY THOMAS,
Petitioner,
VS.
Warden GREGORY McLAUGHLIN,
Respondent.
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NO. 5:13-CV-189 (MTT)
ORDER

On June 3, 2013, the Court ordered that the instant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 action be
transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Doc. 6).
On June 5, 2013, this Court’s Clerk docketed the transfer as complete (Doc. 7).
Petitioner has now filed the following two motions: (1) “Motion to Instruct the Clerk to
Make Copies of Petitioner’s Reference Materials” (Doc. 8), and (2) “Motion for Leave to
Invoke Discovery for Cause” (Doc. 9). Because the instant action has been transferred,
this Court does not have jurisdiction over Petitioner’s motions. See Roofing & Sheet
Metal Servs., Inc. v. LaQuinta Motor Inns, Inc., 689 F.2d 982, 988 n.10 (11th Cir. 1982)
(“When the files in a case are physically transferred to the transferee district, the
transferor court loses all jurisdiction of the case.”). Accordingly, Petitioner’s motions are
DENIED.
SO ORDERED, this 12th day of June, 2013.
S/ Marc T. Treadwell
MARC T. TREADWELL, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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