Kristy Lynn Felkins v. Warden

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ordered the transfer of Kristy Lynn Felkins’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition to the Central District of California. The court applied the immediate-custodian and district-of-confinement rules because Felkins was incarcerated at FCI Victorville, which lies within the Central District of California.

Holdings

1. A core habeas petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is properly heard in the district encompassing the petitioner's place of confinement and immediate custodian; because Felkins was confined in an area covered by the Central District of California, the matter was transferred there.

Questions Presented

1. Whether a core habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 should be transferred to the district encompassing the petitioner's place of confinement under the immediate-custodian and district-of-confinement rules.

Disposition

other