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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled June 30, 2025

Woodyard v. Eischen

Judge
Laura Provinzino
Docket
0:25-cv-01297
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
HabeasCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Woodyard v. Eischen, Judge Provinzino denied Woodyard’s petition seeking a transfer to a facility offering drug-treatment programming.

Who this affects

Blake Woodyard’s petition was denied; the order also affected respondents B. Eischen and FPC Duluth by resolving the petition in their favor.

What happened

In Woodyard v. Eischen, Blake Woodyard asked the court to order the Bureau of Prisons to transfer him to a facility offering the Residential Drug Abuse Program.

United States Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko recommended denying the petition. Woodyard did not object, so the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error. The court noted that Woodyard was reportedly at a facility that offers the program.

Judge Laura M. Provinzino found no clear error, adopted the recommendation, and denied Woodyard’s petition. The court ordered judgment to be entered.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Woodyard v. Eischen · No. 0:25-cv-01297
Judge
Laura M. Provinzino
Date
June 30, 2025

Background

Blake Woodyard filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus asking the court to direct the Bureau of Prisons to transfer him to a facility that offers the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). The respondents were B. Eischen and FPC Duluth.

Report and Recommendation

United States Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko recommended denying Woodyard’s petition. No objections were filed within the permitted period. The district court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning it looked for an obvious mistake.

Ruling

The court found no clear error, adopted the Report and Recommendation, and denied Woodyard’s petition. In a footnote, the court stated that it could not order the requested transfer and noted that, according to the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator, Woodyard was then at FCI-Lewisburg, which offers RDAP. The court ordered judgment to be entered.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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