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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
ZILLE HUSSNAIN,
Petitioner,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:25-CV-00320
KRISTI NOEM, et al.,
Respondents.
OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER
This is a habeas action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (D.E. 1). In his Petition,
Petitioner asserts he is being held at the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville, Texas.
The El Valle Detention Center is located in Willacy County, Texas which is within the
Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division. 28 U.S.C. § 124 (b)(4).
It is well established that a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2241 must be filed in the district where the prisoner is incarcerated. Hooker v.
Sivley, 187 F.3d 680, 682 (5th Cir. 1999) (citation omitted); see also Pack v. Yusuff, 218
F.3d 448, 451 (5th Cir. 2000) (citations omitted). While Petitioner filed this case in the
Southern District of Texas, it is more appropriately transferred to the Brownsville Division,
where Petitioner is currently being held.
Rather than dismissal, the Court finds this case should be transferred. Therefore, the
Clerk of Court is ORDERED to TRANSFER this case to the United States District Court
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
December 08, 2025
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division. All pending Motions are
DENIED as moot and the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case.
ORDERED on December 8, 2025.
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Jason B. Libby
United States Magistrate Judge
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