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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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Case No. 16-cv-04297 EDL (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUBEN SOLIZ,

Petitioner,

v.

ERIC ARNOLD, Warden,

 Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-04297 EDL (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a federal petition for writ of habeas 

corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction obtained in the Superior Court of

Tehama County.1 Tehama County is located within the venue of the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of California. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of 

confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Because petitions challenging 

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

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 18, 2016 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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Petitioner has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. See Dkt. No. 5.

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