KONRATH v. SUPERINTENDENT

Filing 3

CLOSED TRANSFER - Order Transferring Action to Northern District of Indiana. Based on the foregoing, and because the petitioner is confined at the Westville Correctional Facility in Westville, Indiana, which lies in the Northern District of Indiana, this action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, at South Bend, Indiana. Copy to Petitioner via U.S. Mail. Signed by Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on 1/12/2017.(JLS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
GREGORY KONRATH,
Petitioner,
vs.
SUPERINTENDENT, WESTVILLE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,
Respondent.

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No. 1:17-cv-083-TWP-DKL

Order Transferring Action to Northern District of Indiana
“[F]or habeas petitions challenging present physical confinement, jurisdiction lies in only
one district, the district of confinement.” Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004).
“Whenever a [28 U.S.C.] § 2241 habeas petitioner seeks to challenge his present physical custody
within the United States, he should name his warden as respondent and file the petition in the
district of confinement.” Id. at 447.
Based on the foregoing, and because the petitioner is confined at the Westville
Correctional Facility in Westville, Indiana, which lies in the Northern District of Indiana, this
action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, at
South Bend, Indiana.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 1/12/2017

Distribution:
GREGORY KONRATH
254068
WESTVILLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Inmate Mail/Parcels
5501 South 1100 West
WESTVILLE, IN 46391