IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA LEON CHARLES SLINKER, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) CIV 21-221-JFH-KEW ) MARK BERRY, Sheriff, ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION AND ORDER Now before the Court is Petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

. Petitioner, a pro se pretrial detainee, is incarcerated in the Delaware County Jail, which is located within the territorial jurisdiction of the Northern District of Oklahoma. Therefore, this matter should be addressed in that district. See Haugh v. Booker,

(10th Cir. 2000) (A § 2241 petition must be filed in the district where the petitioner is confined); Bradshaw v. Story,

(10th Cir. 1996). THEREFORE, pursuant to

(a), Petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus is hereby transferred to the Northern District of Oklahoma in the interest of justice. IT IS SO ORDERED this _2_8_th_ day of July 2021. ___________________________________ JOHN F. HEIL, III UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE