CHANDLER v. NEAL

Filing 3

CLOSED TRANSFER to Northern District of Indiana at South Bend, Indiana. See order for details. Signed by Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on 11/14/2017. (MEJ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
KEVIN CHANDLER,
Petitioner,
v.
RON NEAL,
Respondent.

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No. 1:17-cv-04152-TWP-DML

Order Transferring Action to Northern District of Indiana
Petitioner commenced this habeas corpus action challenging a prison disciplinary
proceeding at the Indiana State Prison in LaPorte County, Indiana. A petition for a writ of habeas
corpus may be filed in the United States District Court of either the judicial district in which the
petitioner is presently confined or the judicial district in which he was convicted and sentenced.
See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 497 (1973).
Petitioner is presently confined in the Indiana State Prison, and the disciplinary action he
challenges occurred there. Accordingly this action is now TRANSFERRED to the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Indiana at South Bend, Indiana.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 11/14/2017
Distribution:
KEVIN CHANDLER
138734
INDIANA STATE PRISON Inmate Mail/Parcels
One Park Row
MICHIGAN CITY, IN 46360