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MOORE v. OLSON

No. 03-4053.

368 F.3d 757 (2004)

Frank MOORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Keith E. OLSON, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Goodman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

LaShonda A. Hunt (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The caption of this opinion reveals a problem: federal judges are entitled to issue writs of habeas corpus "within their respective jurisdictions", 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a), and Indiana lies outside the Northern District of Illinois. When the case began, the respondent was the Warden of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, which is not even within the Seventh Circuit. Surprisingly...

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