Martin v. Garrett et al

Filing 64

ORDER re 57 Sealed Document: Plaintiffs letter is DENIED, without prejudice to Plaintiff to seek assistance directly from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 9/16/2019. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(kby)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:17-cv-350-MOC-WCM
MARY MARTIN,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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NAKISHA GARRETT, et al.,
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Defendants.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on a sealed letter received from Plaintiff Mary
Martin, a North Carolina prisoner currently incarcerated at Neuse Correctional Institution in
Goldsboro, North Carolina. (Doc. No. 57). Plaintiff asks for this Court’s assistance with
preventing her from being transferred to Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women in Black
Mountain, North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is the agency with authority for
determining whether Plaintiff is incarcerated. This federal district court has no authority to
direct where Plaintiff is housed. Therefore, Plaintiff’s letter is DENIED, (Doc. No. 57), without
prejudice to Plaintiff to seek assistance directly from the North Carolina Department of Public
Safety.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: September 16, 2019

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