Young v. U.S. Attorney General
- William Orrick
- 3:19-cv-06317
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 2
In Young v. U.S. Attorney General, Judge Orrick transferred Young’s federal habeas action to Oregon, the district of conviction.
Timothy Doyle Young, whose federal habeas action was transferred from the Northern District of California to the District of Oregon.
What happened
Timothy Doyle Young, a federal prisoner convicted in Oregon and housed in Colorado, asked the Northern District of California for federal habeas relief in Young v. U.S. Attorney General.
The court transferred the action to the District of Oregon because it is the district where Young was convicted. The court also noted Young’s history of filing numerous federal cases and a prior Supreme Court order restricting certain additional filings unless he paid a fee and followed required filing rules.
Judge Liam H. Orrick ordered the clerk to transfer the action immediately on October 10, 2019.
The detailed version
- Young v. U.S. Attorney General · No. 3:19-cv-06317
- William Orrick
- Oct. 10, 2019
Background
Timothy Doyle Young, a federal prisoner convicted in Oregon and housed in Colorado, sought federal habeas relief. A federal habeas action asks a court to review the legality of a person’s custody. Young filed the action in the Northern District of California against the U.S. Attorney General.
Transfer
The court transferred the action to the District of Oregon under the cited transfer and habeas statutes and local rule because Oregon is the district of conviction. The order did not decide whether Young was entitled to habeas relief.
Additional filing history
The court noted that Young had filed more than 60 federal cases in several courts. It quoted earlier decisions describing some of his filings as abusive and noted that the Supreme Court had directed its clerk not to accept further noncriminal petitions from Young unless he paid the required docketing fee and complied with the applicable filing rule.
Ruling
Judge Liam H. Orrick ordered the clerk to transfer the action immediately. The opinion does not state any ruling on the merits of Young’s request for habeas relief.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.