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MARCO EDMGNDS-EL, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 12-1407

STATE OF MARYLAND, et al.,

Respondents.

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MEMORANDUM and ORDER

This matter is before the Court on petitioner’s amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus./ The Cpurt treats this submission as a motion to reopen this action and for leave to file an amended petition. The motion will be denied.

The proper respondent in a habeas corpus action is the petitioner’s warden, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542`U.,S. 426, 434-35 (2004), and this Court "may not entertain a habeas petition involving present physical custody unless the respondent custodian is within its territorial jurisdiction." Stokes v. U.S. Parole Comm ’n,

(D.C. Cir. 2004). Petitioner’s demand for a writ of habeas corpus "to void Judgment made by State of Maryland, Prince George’s County Department of Correetions Detention Center," Am. Pet. at l, is not a matter properly before this Court. Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that petitioner’s motion to reopen and for leave to file an amended petition is

denied.

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