Hoskison v. Dir TDCJ

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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING VENUE Ordering that this matter is TRANSFERRED to the Marshall Division. Signed by Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven on 1/23/2015. (sm, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
MISTY D’ANN HOSKISON

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VS.

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DIRECTOR, TDCJ-CID

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:15cv6

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING VENUE
Petitioner Misty D’Ann Hoskison, an inmate confined in the
Crain 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 on April 8, 2013, she was convicted
of certain criminal offenses in the 5th District Court of Cass
County, Texas.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), a petitioner may bring her
petition for writ of habeas corpus in the district in which she
was convicted or the district in which she is incarcerated.
Petitioner was convicted in Cass County, Texas.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 124, Cass County is in the Eastern
District of Texas.

However, Cass County is located in the

Marshall Division, rather than the Texarkana Division of this
Court.

As petitioner was not convicted in the Texarkana Division of
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this Court, the Court is of the opinion that this matter should
be transferred to the Marshall Division of this Court, where the
records and witnesses relating to petitioner's criminal convictions are located. It is accordingly
ORDERED that this matter is TRANSFERRED to the Marshall
Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Texas.
SIGNED this 23rd day of January, 2015.

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CAROLINE M. CRAVEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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