Loyd v. Richland Parish Detention Center

Filing 3

ORDER transferring case to Eastern District of Louisiana. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mildred E Methvin on 7/30/09. (crt,Delgado, S)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION EUGENE LOYD V. ALLEN CUPP, WARDEN DOCKET NO. 6:09-cv-1249 SECTION "P" JUDGE DOHERTY MAGISTRATE JUDGE METHVIN ORDER On July 22, 2009, pro se petitioner Eugene Loyd, an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is incarcerated at the Richland Parish Detention Center, Rayville, Louisiana, filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner attacks his February 2005 felony conviction in Louisiana's Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Tangipahoa 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 Eastern 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 Eastern District of Louisiana Signed at Lafayette, Louisiana, on July 30, 2009.