Thomas v. Davis et al, No. 4:2019cv00813 - Document 5 (S.D. Tex. 2019)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER to Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas. (Signed by Magistrate Judge B Janice Ellington) Parties notified.(mserpa, 2)
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Thomas v. Davis et al Doc. 5 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION RONALD THOMPSON, Petitioner, VS. LORIE DAVIS, et al, Respondents. § § § § § § § § March 06, 2019 David J. Bradley, Clerk CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-64 OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER This is a habeas action filed by a state prisoner incarcerated at TDCJ-CID’s McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas (D.E. 1). Thomas challenges a 2016 felony conviction and life sentence in Harris County, Texas (Id.). A habeas action may be filed either in the district where petitioner is in custody or in the district in which petitioner was convicted. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Wadsworth v. Johnson, 235 F.3d 959 (5th Cir. 2000). Petitioner’s place of incarceration is in Bee County in the Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District of Texas, 28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(6), and he was convicted by a court located in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas. 28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(2). For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and 1406(a). A habeas application may be transferred in furtherance of justice to the district court within which the State court was held which convicted and sentenced the petitioner. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Because 1/2 Dockets.Justia.com petitioner was convicted in Harris County, it is more convenient and would further the interests of justice for this action to be handled in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas. The records of his conviction, the prosecutor and defense lawyer, and the witnesses are all located in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas. Accordingly, it is ordered that the Clerk of the Court TRANSFER this action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. All pending motions are denied as moot and subject to renewal after the case is transferred. ORDERED this 6th day of March, 2019. ___________________________________ B. JANICE ELLINGTON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 2/2
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