Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. H-15-2651
09-29-2015
ERNESTO BENAVIDES, JR., (TDCJ-CID #1910125) Petitioner, v. WILLIAM STEPHENS, Respondent.
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
Petitioner filed this action seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging a conviction in the 107th Judicial District Court of Cameron County, Texas. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (d), the district court in which the writ of habeas corpus was filed may transfer the writ to the district where the state court which convicted and sentenced the petitioner is located.
The Clerk is ordered to transfer this application for writ of habeas corpus to the Clerk of the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division.
Petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (Docket Entry No. 3), is denied without prejudice to reconsideration following transfer.
SIGNED on September 29, 2015, at Houston, Texas.
/s/_________
Lee H. Rosenthal
United States District Judge