Jerome Barboza v. United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

JEROME BARBOZA, *

* Petitioner, * v. * * Civil Action No. 20-cv-11137-WGY

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF *

JUSTICE, FEDERAL BUREAU OF *

PRISONS, *

* Respondent.

ORDER OF TRANSFER

January 11, 2021

YOUNG, D.J.

Now before the Court is a document entitled “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus” filed by federal prisoner Jerome Barboza, who incarcerated at Victorville USP in Victorville, California. In this document, Barboza represents his federal sentence has been completed and that he should be released. He states that the sentence in question was imposed by this Court. See United States v. Barboza, Crim. No. 08-cr-10140-MLW. Barboza did not pay the $5.00 fee to file a habeas petition or file a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, a federal court has the authority to entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought a petitioner who is within the court’s jurisdiction at the time the petition is filed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a); Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004) (“District courts are…