Middle District of Florida • 8:26-cv-03060

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Oct 08, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Federal (Filing fee $ 5, receipt number TPA75009) filed by Ivan Martinez-Alcantara. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Mailing Envelope)(LNR) (Attachment 2 replaced on 10/15/2026; added another mailing envelope that was received.) (LNR) (Entered: 10/13/2026)

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Oct 14, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER: Petitioner initiated this action by filing 1 a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. A § 2241 petition "may be brought only in the district court for the district in which the inmate is incarcerated." Fernandez v. United States, 941 F.2d 1488, 1495 (11th Cir. 1991). Petitioner is detained at the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, a facility in the Southern District of Texas. Therefore, this Court lacks jurisdiction over his petition. See Padgett v. Warden, USP Atlanta, 745 F. App'x 859, 862 (11th Cir. 2018) ("[J]urisdiction over a § 2241 habeas petition challenging present confinement lies in only one district: the district of confinement."). Because jurisdiction is not proper in this district, the Clerk is directed to TRANSFER this action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, and to CLOSE this case. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631 (permitting district court to transfer action to cure "a want of jurisdiction" where such transfer "is in the interest of justice"). Signed by Judge William F. Jung on 10/14/2026. (MWC) (Entered: 10/14/2026)

Oct 14, 2026

Order transferring case to another division

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Oct 16, 2026

CASE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division. (DLS) (Entered: 10/16/2026)

Oct 16, 2026

District Transfer Out

Oct 20, 2026

Acknowledgment - Transferred case has been opened in the Southern District of Texas as case 1:26-cv-01118, filed 10/20/2026. (JNB)

Oct 20, 2026

Acknowledgment - Transferred Case Opened