IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS DELTA DIVISION

DAVID ANTHONY BRIDGEWATER PLAINTIFF Reg. #14284-025

No. 2:22-cv-132-DPM

JOHN YATES, Warden DEFENDANT

ORDER 1. The Court withdraws the reference. 2. Bridgewater is an inmate who is currently being held at the Federal Correctional Complex in Forrest City, Arkansas. He has filed a § 2241 petition requesting compassionate release based on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its effects in prison. Federal inmates may attack the execution of their sentences through a § 2241 habeas proceeding in the district where they are incarcerated. Matheny v. Morrison,

, 711 (8th Cir. 2002). But Bridgewater is not challenging the execution of his sentence. He's requesting compassionate release, a sentence modification, due to COVID-19. He must file that motion in the court that imposed his sentence: the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. United States v. Raia,

, 596 (3d Cir. 2020).

3. Bridgewater’s petition, Doc. 2, will be dismissed without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. His motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, Doc. 1, is denied as moot. So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge fslecamhh Aa0r>>

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