Ahmed v. Noem

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MOHAMED AHMED 	CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS 	NO. 25-2573
KRISTI NOEM, AS SECRETARY OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY
SECTION “B” (5)
ORDER AND REASONS
Plaintiff Mohamed Ahmed filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241,
challenging the validity of his detention in River Correctional Facility on immigration charges.
Before considering the merits of plaintiff’s petition, “the Court must determine as a threshold
matter whether it has proper jurisdiction to entertain [p]laintiff’s habeas petition pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2241(a).” Dada v. Witte, No. 20-1093, 2020 WL 1674129, at *2 (E.D. La. Apr. 6, 2020).
“[T]he only district that may consider a habeas corpus challenge to present physical confinement
pursuant to § 2241 is the district court in which the prisoner is confined.” Id. (quoting United States
v. McPhearson, 451 F.App’x 384, 387 (5th Cir. 2011)); 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d) (…the application
may be filed in the district court for the district wherein such person is in custody…”).
River Correctional Facility is located in Ferriday, Louisiana.1 Ferriday is located in the
Corcordia Parish.2 Concordia Parish is located in the Western District of Louisiana.3 Plaintiff is
confined in the Western District of Louisiana, and this Court does not have jurisdiction to consider
plaintiff’s petition. See id. at *2–3. This Court, if it be in the interest of justice, may instead transfer
plaintiff’s petition to the Western District of Louisiana. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) (“The district
1 River Correctional Facility, U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (last updated Jan. 7, 2026),
https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/river-correctional-center
2 Concordia Parish Profile, LOCAL LOUISIANA, https://www.louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/concordia-parish (last
visited Jan. 9, 2026).
3 Clerk’s Office, WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, https://www.lawd.uscourts.gov/clerks-office (last visited
Jan. 9, 2026).
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court of a district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss,
or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could
have been brought.”). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that in the interest of justice the above-captioned matter is
TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 9th day of January 2026
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SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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