Green v. Warden

Filing 3

ORDER Directing the Clerk of Court to Transfer this action to the Rome Division of the Northern District of Georgia for all further proceedings. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 11/9/16. (jlm)

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SAVANNAH DIVISION

HAERY LEWIS GREEN,
Petitioner,
CV415-281

V.

WHITFIELD COUNTY JAIL,
Respondent.
ORDER

Harry Lewis Green, held on an "alleged fugitive warrant" at

Whitfield County Jail in Whitfield County, Georgia,^ petitions for a writ
of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Doc. 1. He only challenges the
legality of his pretrial confinement; he does not challenge the validity of
any (state or federal) conviction or sentence. Id. at 4; 9-10. "[F]or core

habeas petitions challenging present physical confinement, jurisdiction
lies in only one district: the district of confinement."

Rumsfeld v.

^ The location of Green's present confinement is not entirely clear. His petition
refers exclusively to his confinement at Whitfield County Jail, but the docket lists his
address as "P.O. Box 3492, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404." Since this Court lacks
jurisdiction to hear the merits of his petition, resolving this discrepancy must fall to
the Northern District of Georgia.