Brogdon v. Medlin et al

Filing 3

ORDER transferring this action to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for further consideration. The Clerk of Court is to immediately forward the file to that District. Signed by Judge J. Randal Hall on 03/27/2014. (thb)

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

DONALD BROGDON,
Petitioner,
CV 114-080

v.

JASON MEDLIN, Warden, and

SAM OLENS, The Attorney General of
the State of Georgia,
Respondents.

ORDER

The above-captioned petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2254, challenges a judgment of conviction that was entered in Lowndes County Superior
Court, which is located in the Middle 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, it is ORDERED that the captioned
action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of

Georgia for further consideration.

The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to immediately

forward the file to that District.

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SO ORDERED this^V/ day of March, 2014, at Augusta, Georgia.

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HON< IRABLE J. RANDAL HALV

UNTTED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
"SOLJTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA