Opinion
Case No. 4:06cv100-SPM/WCS.
April 6, 2006.
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO TRANSFER § 2254 PETITION
This cause is before the court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and supporting memorandum. Docs. 1 and 2. Petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Docs. 3 and 4.
Petitioner is incarcerated at Lawtey Correctional Institution, and challenges his conviction and sentence imposed in the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in Duval County. Jurisdiction is appropriate in the Middle District, as the district of confinement and conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).
It is therefore respectfully RECOMMENDED that this case be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida for all further proceedings.