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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TROY MITCHELL NAYLOR,

Petitioner,

v.

BRANDON PRICE,

Respondent.

1:20-cv-00438-JDP (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner Troy Mitchell Naylor, a state civil detainee, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The petitioner is challenging his Superior Court of Yuba County 

conviction and subsequent ruling denying his release. Yuba County is part of the Sacramento 

Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is 

currently incarcerated in Fresno County, which is part of the Fresno Division of this court. Under 

28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was convicted or 

the judicial district where petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Sacramento and Fresno 

divisions have concurrent jurisdiction. See § 2241(d). However, because petitioner is attacking 

the validity of the Yuba County conviction and denial of release, we will transfer this case to the 

Sacramento division for the ease and convenience of the parties and the court. See id. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action that has not been commenced in the 

appropriate court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred. Therefore, we will transfer this 

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action to the Sacramento Division. 

Order

1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Sacramento.

2. All future filings shall reference the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall 

be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 “I” Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 30, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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