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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUDY DELEAL,

Petitioner,

v.

KEN CLARK, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No.: 19cv0522 MMA (NLS)

ORDER CONSTRUING PETITION 

AS ONE FILED PURSUANT TO 28 

U.S.C. § 2254

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for Writ of 

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and has paid the $5.00 filing fee.

CONSTRUING PETITION AS ONE FILED PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2254

Although Petitioner filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, he is a state 

prisoner attacking the validity of a state court conviction and sentence imposed by the 

state of California. Section 2254 is properly understood as “in effect implement[ing] the 

general grant of habeas corpus authority found in § 2241 as long as the person is in 

custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court, and not in state custody for some other 

reason, such as pre-conviction custody, custody awaiting extradition, or other forms of 

custody that are possible without a conviction.” [citations omitted.] White v. Lambert, 

370 F.3d 1002, 1006 (9th Cir. 2004) (quoting Walker v. O’Brien, 216 F.3d 626, 633 (7th 

Cir. 2000) (emphasis in original). Therefore, Petitioner may not proceed under section 

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2241, but may only proceed with a habeas action in federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

Id. at 1006-07 (holding that section 2254 is the proper jurisdictional basis for a habeas 

petition brought by an individual “in custody pursuant to a state court judgment”). The 

Court therefore CONSTRUES the petition as one filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

The Clerk of Court will modify the docket accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 29, 2019

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