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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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 This disposition is not designated for publication and may not be cited.

Case No. C 06-6647 JF

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE

(JFLC1)

**E-Filed 1/10/2007**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

STEPHEN SCHRADER,

 Petitioner,

 v.

BEN CURRY, Warden,

 Respondent.

Case Number C 06-6647 JF

ORDER1 GRANTING MOTION TO

TRANSFER VENUE

[re: docket no. 9]

Petitioner currently is in the custody of the California Department of Corrections at the

Correctional Training Facility, Soledad, in Monterey County, California. Petitioner filed a

petition for writ of habeas corpus on October 25, 2006. The Court issued an order to show cause

on November 8, 2006. On December 6, 2006, Respondent moved to transfer venue to the

Eastern District of California. No opposition has been filed. 

Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a) provides:

The following noncapital petitions for writs of habeas corpus shall be filed in this

District:

(1) Petitions challenging the lawfulness of a conviction or sentence for which the

petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the following counties: Alameda,

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Case No. C 06-6647 JF

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE

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Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa,

San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma; or

(2) Petitions challenging the manner in which the sentence is being executed,

such as loss of good time credits, where the petitioner is confined in an institution

located in a county listed in Habeas L.R.2254-3(a)(1) at the time the petition is

filed. 

Petitioner was convicted of second degree murder in the Calaveras County Superior Court. 

Petition 7. Petitioner asks the Court to set aside his conviction on the ground that it was obtained

as a result of the ineffective assistance of counsel. Petition 2. Because the conviction occurred

in Calaveras County, this district is not the proper venue for such a challenge. Habeas L.R.

2254-3(a)(1).

Petitioner does not challenge the manner in which his sentence is being executed. 

Accordingly, Petitioner’s confinement in Monterey County does not make this district the

appropriate venue for the instant petition under Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a)(2). 

Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1) requires the Court to transfer the petition to the district of

conviction. In the instant case, the district of conviction is the Eastern District of California. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to transfer venue is

GRANTED. The Clerk shall close this case administratively and transfer venue to the Clerk of

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Court’s order to show

cause, filed on November 8, 2006, is withdrawn.

DATED: January 10, 2007.

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 06-6647 JF

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE

(JFLC1)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

Steve M. Defilippis flipsmd2005@yahoo.com 

Gregory A. Ott gregory.ott@doj.ca.gov, ECFCoordinator@doj.ca.gov;

DocketingSFAWT@doj.ca.gov; cherryl.crisostomo@doj.ca.gov;

delia.desuyo@doj.ca.gov; maricris.argarin@doj.ca.gov;

sandee.agustin@doj.ca.gov 

Notice will be delivered by other means to: 

Traci S. Mason 

Picone & DeFilippis, APLC

625 N. First Street

San Jose, CA 95112

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