Julio Cesar Pomboza Pinto v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota granted the government's motion to transfer a pending habeas corpus petition to the Western District of Texas. The court held that habeas jurisdiction generally lies in the district of confinement and found that the petitioner was located in Texas when the petition was filed; it denied the petitioner's motion for an order to show cause.

Holdings

1. Because the petitioner was confined in El Paso, Texas, and counsel knew his location when the petition was filed, the district-of-confinement rule applied and the case was properly transferred to the Western District of Texas.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the habeas petition should be dismissed or transferred because the petitioner was confined in the Western District of Texas when the petition was filed.
2. Whether circumstances surrounding the petitioner's transfer to Texas justified an exception to the district-of-confinement rule.

Disposition

other