Salazar v. Sheriff of Glades County

Sep 1, 2026
1:26-cv-26007

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon a sua sponte review of the record. In the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Petitioner challenges his detention by the United States Department of Homeland Security and its agents. See generally, [ECF No. 1]. He states that he “is currently detained at Glades Detention Center located at: 1279 East SR 78, Moore Haven, FL 33471.” Id. at 3, 10, 14, 16. Further, a search of the Department of Homeland Security‘s Detainee Locator System shows that Petitioner is currently detained at Glades County Detention Center.1

Under § 2241, “[d]istrict courts are limited to granting habeas relief ‘within their respective jurisdictions.‘” Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a)). Thus, “for core habeas petitions challenging present physical confinement, jurisdiction lies in only one district: the district of confinement.” Id. at 443; see also Garcia v. Warden, 470 F. App‘x 735, 736 (11th Cir. 2012) (“jurisdiction for § 2241 petitions lies only in the district of confinement“). If a petitioner files his case in the wrong district, the Court can sua sponte transfer the case “to any district or division in which it could have been brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); see also Lipofsky v. N.Y. State Workers Comp. Bd., 861 F.2d 1257, 1258 (11th Cir. 1988) (“[A] district court may raise on its own motion an issue of defective venue or lack of personal jurisdiction[.]“).

Petitioner is detained at Glades County Detention Center and challenges his confinement there. Thus, jurisdiction lies only in the Middle District of Florida. See 28 U.S.C. § 89(b) (providing that the Middle District of Florida comprises Glades County).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJDUGED that this case is TRANSFERRED to the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division. See M.D. Fla. L.R. 1.04(a) (providing that the Fort Myers Division comprises Glades County). The Clerk is directed to CLOSE this case.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 1st day of September, 2026.

DARRIN P. GAYLES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Notes

1
See https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search (last visited Sep. 1, 2026, using Petitioner‘s A# and Country of Birth as provided in the Petition).