UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT December 08, 2025 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION

ZILLE HUSSNAIN, § § Petitioner, § § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:25-CV-00320 § KRISTI NOEM, et al., § § Respondents. §

OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER This is a habeas action filed pursuant to

. (D.E. 1). In his Petition, Petitioner asserts he is being held at the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville, Texas. The El Valle Detention Center is located in Willacy County, Texas which is within the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division.

(b)(4). It is well established that a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to

must be filed in the district where the prisoner is incarcerated. Hooker v. Sivley,

(5th Cir. 1999) (citation omitted); see also Pack v. Yusuff,

(5th Cir. 2000) (citations omitted). While Petitioner filed this case in the Southern District of Texas, it is more appropriately transferred to the Brownsville Division, where Petitioner is currently being held. Rather than dismissal, the Court finds this case should be transferred. Therefore, the Clerk of Court is ORDERED to TRANSFER this case to the United States District Court 1 / 2 for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division. All pending Motions are DENIED as moot and the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case.

ORDERED on December 8, 2025.

C Jason & Libby Z United States Magistrate Judge

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