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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
COLUMBUS DIVISION
M.C.C., 	:
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Petitioner, 	:
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v. 	: 	Case No. 4:26-cv-120-CDL
:
WARDEN, STEWART DETENTION 	:
CENTER, 	et al., 	:
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Respondents. 	:
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ORDER
Petitioner 	filed 	a 	petition 	for 	writ 	of 	habeas 	corpus
under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging 	his continued immigration
detention. 	Pet. 	2, 	ECF 	No. 	1. 	The 	parties 	filed 	a 	joint
motion 	to 	transfer 	venue, 	contending 	that 	Petitioner 	is
currently 	detained 	at 	the 	Folkston 	ICE 	Processing 	Center 	in
Folkston, Georgia. 	Joint Mot., ECF No. 5. 	Folkston, Georgia,
is 	located 	in 	Charlton 	County 	in 	the 	Southern 	District 	of
Georgia. 	28 U.S.C. § 90(c)(4).
Challenges 	to 	detention 	are 	properly 	brought 	in 	the
district in which a detainee is confined. 	See, e.g., Rumsfeld
v. 	Padilla, 	542 	U.S. 	426, 	446-47 	(2004) 	(“Whenever 	a 	§ 	2241
habeas 	petitioner 	seeks 	to 	challenge 	his 	present 	physical
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custody 	within 	the 	United 	States, 	he 	should 	. 	. 	. 	file 	the
petition 	in 	the 	district 	of 	confinement.”); 	Fernandez 	v.
United States, 941 F.2d 1488, 1495 (11th Cir. 1991) (“Section
2241 petitions may be brought only in the district court for
the district in which the inmate is incarcerated.”); see also
28 U.S.C. § 2241(a). 	The Clerk of Court is therefore ORDERED
to transfer this action to the Waycross Division of the United
States 	District 	Court 	for 	the 	Southern 	District 	of 	Georgia.
See 	28 U.S.C. § 90(c)(4).
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 30th day of January, 2026.
S/Clay D. Land
CLAY D. LAND
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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