Johnson v. J Levy Dabadie Correctional Center

Filing 2

ORDER IT IS ORDERED that the 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Michael F Johnson is hereby TRANSFERRED to the US District Court for the Middle District of LA Signed by Magistrate Judge Mildred E Methvin on 11/16/09. (crt,Davis, C)[Transferred from Louisiana Western on 11/16/2009.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION MICHAEL F. JOHNSON V. WARDEN KEITH DEVILLE DOCKET NO. 6:09-cv-1907 SECTION "P" JUDGE MELANÇON MAGISTRATE JUDGE HILL

ORDER On November 5, 2009, pro se petitioner, Michael F. Johnson, filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is incarcerated at the J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center in Pineville, Louisiana. However, he attacks his conviction for possession of cocaine, entered in Louisiana's Twenty-First Judicial District Court for Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Since the petition attacks a conviction which occurred in a Parish and Judicial District located within the geographical jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, venue is proper there. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §2241(d); IT IS ORDERED THAT the petition for writ of habeas corpus is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Signed at Lafayette, Louisiana, on November 16, 2009.