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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN D. LEWIS,

Petitioner,

v.

A. SOTO, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 2:15-cv-1372 DAD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus. Petitioner has paid the filing fee.

Petitioner commenced this action by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging 

his 2007 judgment of conviction entered in the Sacramento County Superior Court. Petitioner 

submitted his claims on the Sacramento County Superior Court form petition. After reviewing 

petitioner’s claims it is clear that petitioner intended to file his petition with the Sacramento 

County Superior Court and not this federal district court.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is dismissed without prejudice 

to petitioner re-filing his petition with the Sacramento County Superior Court.1

Dated: October 5, 2015

DAD:9

lewi1372.156

 

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Petitioner has consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636. (Doc. No. 11)

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