Lee v. Thaler, Director TDCJ-CID
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MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING VENUE. Signed by Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven on 5/29/13. (bas, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
TAREYTON LEE
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VS.
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DIRECTOR, TDCJ-CID
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:13cv53
MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING VENUE
Tareyton Lee, an inmate confined in the Telford Unit of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions
Division, proceeding pro se, 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 assault
on a public servant in the 156th District Court of Bee County,
Texas.
He was sentenced to 25 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 a 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 a 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 Bee County, Texas.
Pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 124, Bee County is in the Corpus Christi Division of
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the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas.
As all records and witnesses involving this action may be
located in the Southern District, the transfer of this action to
such district would further justice.
Accordingly, this case will be transferred to the Corpus
Christi Division of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas.
A Transfer Order shall be entered in
accordance with this Memorandum Opinion.
SIGNED this 29th day of May, 2013.
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CAROLINE M. CRAVEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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