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Craig v. McBee, 4:18-CV-422 ACL. (2018)

Court: District Court, E.D. Missouri Number: infdco20180320b85 Visitors: 6
Filed: Mar. 19, 2018
Latest Update: Mar. 19, 2018
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CATHERINE D. PERRY , District Judge . This matter is before the Court on petitioner's application for writ of habeas corpus. The Court will transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Petitioner, a Missouri state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner is incarcerated in the Eastern District of Missouri. Petitioner's conviction, however, arose in the Western District of Missouri, as he
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on petitioner's application for writ of habeas corpus. The Court will transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Petitioner, a Missouri state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is incarcerated in the Eastern District of Missouri. Petitioner's conviction, however, arose in the Western District of Missouri, as her underlying criminal case occurred in Boone County, Missouri. See State v. Craig, No. 16BA-CR03239-01 (13th Judicial Circuit, Boone County Court).

The Eastern District of Missouri and the Western District of Missouri both have jurisdiction over the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). In such an instance as this, the Court may transfer the petition to the Western District "in furtherance of justice . . ." Id. Additionally, the Court has entered an administrative order stating that, absent any unusual circumstances, any habeas petition challenging a conviction or sentence arising out of a proceeding in the Western District of Missouri should be transferred to that district. In re Business of the Court, January 27, 1986. As a result, the Court will order that this case be transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Source:  Leagle

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