Opinion
1:10CV453.
June 11, 2010
ORDER
Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, has submitted a partially completed petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. It appears that Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Superior Court of Avery County, within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
This Court may, in the exercise of its discretion and in furtherance of justice, transfer this case to the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Therefore, pursuant to that provision, and in accordance with a joint order of the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina, the entire record of this proceeding will be transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for all further proceedings.
In forma pauperis status will be granted for the sole purpose of filing this action and entering this transfer order.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this action be filed and that the entire record of this proceeding is hereby transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for further screening and/or further proceedings. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in forma pauperis status is granted for the sole purpose of filing this action and entering this transfer order.