Summary
This Memorandum Opinion and Order addresses a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by an incarcerated petitioner challenging his state court conviction. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), the court exercises its discretion to transfer the action from the Northern District of Ohio to the Southern District of Ohio. The transfer is granted to ensure convenience and accessibility of evidence located in the district where the petitioner was convicted and sentenced.
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Practice areas
Questions Presented
- Whether the Northern District of Ohio is the proper venue for the petitioner's habeas corpus action.
Holdings
- The court transfers the petition to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati Division, because the evidence is more readily accessible in the district where the petitioner was convicted and sentenced.
Key quotations
“The Court finds that a transfer to the Southern District proper because the evidence is more readily accessible in the district where petitioner was convicted and sentenced, making the Southern District a more convenient forum.”
Factual background
Petitioner Yohnus Adam Michael Cameron is an inmate in state custody at the Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction and sentence.
Procedural history
Petitioner challenges a conviction entered by the Butler County Court of Common Pleas; the Northern District of Ohio transferred the case to the Southern District of Ohio for convenience.
Remand instructions
Transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati Division.