Lott v. Director, TDCJ-CID

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION REGARDING VENUE. It is ordered that this case should be transferred to the Dallas Division of the USDC N/D Tx. A Transfer Order shall be entered in accordance with this Memorandum Opinion. Signed by Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin on 6/12/13. (mrp, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
BEAUMONT DIVISION
RHESHAD LAMAR LOTT

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VS.

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DIRECTOR, TDCJ-CID

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13cv319

MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING VENUE
Petitioner Rheashad Lamar Lott, an inmate confined in the
Stiles Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, filed this petition for writ of
habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
Discussion
Petitioner states that in 2009, he was convicted of a
criminal offense in Criminal District Court #2 of Dallas County,
Texas.

He was sentenced to 70 years imprisonment.

Petitioner filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus in
the district in which he is currently confined.

Pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2241(d), a petitioner may bring his petition for writ of
habeas corpus in the district in which he was convicted or the
district in which he is incarcerated.

Section 2241(d) further

provides that the district court in the exercise of its
discretion may transfer the action to the other district in the
furtherance of justice.
Petitioner was convicted in Dallas County, Texas.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 124, Dallas County is in Dallas Division
of the Northern District of Texas.

As all records and witnesses

involving this action may be located in the Northern District,
the transfer of this action to such district would further
justice.
Accordingly, this case should be transferred to the
Dallas Division of the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Texas.

A Transfer Order shall be entered in

accordance with this Memorandum Opinion.
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SIGNED this

12

June

day of

, 2013.

KEITH F. GIBLIN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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