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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT W. NEAL,

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN OF SATF, et al.,

Respondent.

Case No.16-cv-05978-JD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Re: Dkt. Nos. 7, 8, 14, 18

This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner seeks to challenge a 

conviction obtained in Plumas County. Plumas County is in the venue of the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is incarcerated in Corcoran, CA, 

which is also located in the Eastern District of California. 

Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of 

conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); this district is neither. Because petitions challenging a 

conviction are preferably heard in the district of conviction, Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Laue v. 

Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968), and petitioner was convicted in Plumas County, 

this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). Petitioner’s motions (Docket Nos. 

7, 8, 14, 18) are VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2016

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT W. NEAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN OF SATF, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-05978-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on November 18, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Robert W. Neal ID: AN1615

PO Box 5244

Corcoran, CA 93212 

Dated: November 18, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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