Chhem v. Lynch

Full title: PHY CHHEM, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Respondent.

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

Date published: Sep 23, 2015

2:15-cv-1970 EFB P (E.D. Cal. Sep. 23, 2015)

Opinion

PHY CHHEM, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-1970 EFB P United States District Court, E.D. California. September 23, 2015

          ORDER

          EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner is a federal detainee without counsel. He is confined to Mesa Verde Community Correctional Facility in Kern County, California. He proceeds pro se and has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with a request for appointment of counsel.

         Kern County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). Pursuant to Local Rule 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 that court. As a petition under § 2241 "must be addressed to the district court which has jurisdiction over [petitioner] or his custodian, " Brown v. United States, 610 F.2d 672, 677 (9th Cir. 1980), this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of this court.

         Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

         1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno.

         2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

         3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: