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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

ABEL REYES, 1:10-CV-00533 AWI GSA HC

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER OF TRANSFER

HEADPASS, Warden,

Respondent.

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants

reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions

giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is

situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which

the action may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

In this case, Petitioner is challenging the loss of times credits due to a guilty finding in a prison

disciplinary proceeding. Where "the petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being

executed, e.g., if it involves parole or time credits claims, the district of confinement is the preferable

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forum." Meador v. Cal. Dept. of Corr., 2003 WL 21910917 *1 (N.D.Cal.), citing Dunne v. Henman, 875

F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir.1989); Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 497 (1973); In re

Phelon, 2002 WL 31618536, *1 (N.D. Cal.); Thomas v. Hepburn, 2001 WL 505916, *1 (N.D.Cal.);

McKnight v. Forman, 1997 WL 50267, *1 (N.D. Cal.). Petitioner is incarcerated at Salinas Valley State

Prison in Soledad, California, which is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Northern District of

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Therefore, in the interest of justice the petition will be transferred to

the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and

2241(d).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States

District Court for the Northern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 21, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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