Opinion
23-10811
05-09-2023
JASON GOODWILL, Petitioner, v. WARDEN, Respondent.
Anthony P. Patti, Mag. Judge
ORDER TRANSFERRING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
SHALINA D. KUMAR, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Petitioner Jason Goodwill filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (See ECF No. 1.) Goodwill is currently confined at the New Lisbon Correctional Institution in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He is serving a six-year sentence for a conviction in the Circuit Court for Sheboygan County. See Goodwill v. Kemper, No. 21-c-73, 2021 WL 977069, *1 (E.D. Wis. March 16, 2021).
Venue in habeas corpus actions is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 2241. A habeas petition submitted by a person in state custody may be filed in the district where the person is in custody or in the district where the person was convicted and sentenced. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district in which the petitioner files a habeas petition, in the exercise of its discretion and in furtherance of justice, may transfer the petition to another district court for hearing and determination. Id.
Goodwill is confined in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and was convicted in a state court located in Sheboygan County. Sheboygan lies in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. See 28 U.S.C. § 130(a). In the interests of justice, the Court exercises its discretion and transfers this case to the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Accordingly, the Court ORDERS the Clerk of the Court to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.