UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 18-1009

In re: SEAGA EDWARD GILLARD, Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Submitted: April 19, 2018 Decided: April 24, 2018

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and THACKER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Seaga Edward Gillard, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Seaga Edward Gillard, a North Carolina pretrial detainee, filed an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that, during his pretrial proceedings, North Carolina officials have violated his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

This court ordinarily declines to entertain original habeas corpus petitions, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241(b) (2012), and this case provides no reason to depart from that general practice.

Furthermore, we conclude that transferring the petition to the appropriate district court is unnecessary because Gillard has a nearly identical petition pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. See id. Accordingly, we deny Gillard leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the petition. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DISMISSED