Webb v. Joseph

Filing 3

ORDER transferring this action to the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia for further consideration. The Court directs the Clerk to immediately forward the file to that District. Signed by Judge J. Randal Hall on 10/29/2014. (thb) [Transferred from Georgia Southern on 10/29/2014.]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA DIVISION

LESLIE WEBB,
Petitioner,
CV 114-200

v.

WARDEN EVAN JOSEPH,

Respondent.

ORDER

Petitioner has submitted for filing a request for federal habeas corpus relief under 28

U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a judgment of conviction that was entered in the Superior
Court of Fulton County, which is located in the Northern District of Georgia. It is the practice of
this Court to transfer an action attacking a conviction to the district in which the original criminal

proceedings were conducted. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); see also Bell v. Watkins, 692 F.2d 999,
1013 (5th Cir. 1982) (approving transfer of § 2254 petition from district of incarceration to

district where petitioner was convicted). Therefore, the Court ORDERS the transfer of this
action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for further

consideration. The Court DIRECTS the Clerkto immediately forward the file to that District.

SO ORDERED this ^/cTay of October, 2014, at Augusta, Georgia.

HONURABLE J. RANDAL HALL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[ERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA