In re: Jerry Lee Key

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-1981
In re: JERRY LEE KEY,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
(2:97-cr-00033-1)
Submitted: November 19, 2013 Decided: November 21, 2013
Before WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jerry Lee Key, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jerry Lee Key has filed in this court an original
application for a writ of habeas corpus. This court ordinarily
declines to entertain an original habeas petition filed under 28
U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp. 2013), and this case provides
no reason to depart from this general rule. Moreover, we find
that the interests of justice would not be served by
transferring the matter to the appropriate district court. See
28 U.S.C. § 1631 (2006); Fed. R. App. P. 22(a).
Accordingly, we deny as moot Key’s motion “to
temporarily block out-of-region institutional transfer,” and
dismiss the § 2241 petition. We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented
in the materials before this court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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