DIXON
v.
WARDEN, FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL
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A pro se prisoner filed a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the Middle District of Florida, but the court lacked proper jurisdiction because the petitioner is incarcerated in the Northern District of Florida. The court transferred the case to the proper district.
The Middle District of Florida lacks jurisdiction over the petition because section 2241 habeas corpus petitions may be brought only in the district court for the district in which the inmate is incarcerated. Accordingly, the case must be transferred to the Northern District of Florida.
[1] A petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. …
[2] A district court may transfer a civil action in the interest of justice.
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Establishes the jurisdictional requirement for habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
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Petitioner, a prisoner proceeding pro se, initiated this action by filing in this district a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (See Dkt. 1.) Petitioner is committed to the custody of Florida’s Department of Children and Families and confined at the Florida State Hospital in Gadsden County, Florida. (See id. at 1.) Accordingly, he is incarcerated in the Tallahassee Division of the Northern District of Florida. See N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 3.1(A)(3). A section 2241 petition “may be brought only in the district court for the district in which the inmate is incarcerated.” Fernandez v. United States, 941 F. 2d 1488, 1495 (11th Cir. 1991); accord Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004) (“District courts are limited to granting habeas relief ‘within their respective jurisdictions.’” (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a))). Because Petitioner is incarcerated in the Tallahassee Division of the Northern District of Florida, it is proper to transfer this action to that court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (“[I]n the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to transfer this case to the Tallahassee Division of the Northern District of Florida for all further proceedings. ORDERED in Orlando, Florida, on June 23, 2025.
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JUFIE S. SNEED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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- Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (U.S. 2004)
- Fernandez v. United States, 941 F.2d 1488 (11th Cir. 1991)