Ekwueme v. Chertoff

Full title: EMEKA EKWUEME, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL CHERTOFF, et al., Respondents

Court: United States District Court, E.D. California

Date published: Aug 20, 2007

No. CIV S 07-1620 WBS DAD P (E.D. Cal. Aug. 20, 2007)

Opinion

No. CIV S 07-1620 WBS DAD P.

August 20, 2007

ORDER

DALE DROZD, Magistrate Judge

Petitioner has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner is represented by counsel and has paid the filling fee.

In his application, petitioner challenges his detention by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Petitioner is detained at the Kern County Lerdo Detention Facility in Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield is located in Kern County. Kern County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 3-120(d).

Pursuant to Local Rule 3-120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper division of a court may, on the court's own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court.

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sitting in Fresno; and

2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721