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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

JESUS DELACRUZ,

Petitioner,

v.

ROSEMARY NDOH, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No.: 18cv2597 CAB (WVG)

ORDER CONSTRUING PETITION 

AS ONE FILED PURSUANT TO 28 

U.S.C. § 2254

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding with counsel, has filed a Petition for Writ of 

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 

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. Therefore, Petitioner may not proceed under section 2241, but may 

only proceed with a habeas action in federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. White v. 

Lambert, 370 F.3d 1002, 1006-07 (9th Cir. 2004) (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”). 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 

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other forms of custody that are possible without a conviction.” [citations omitted.] Id. at 

1006 (quoting Walker v. O’Brien, 216 F.3d 626, 633 (7th Cir. 2000) (emphasis in 

original). Accordingly, the Court will construe the petition as one filed pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 19, 2018

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