Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_07-cv-05789/USCOURTS-cand-4_07-cv-05789-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

---

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

NOT FOR CITATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEE HERNS,

Petitioner,

 v.

A. HEDGEPETH, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-5789 PJH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner seeks to challenge a

conviction obtained in the Superior Court in and for Fresno County. Fresno County is in the

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

incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, which also is in the Eastern District. 

Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district

of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). In this case, both are the same, the Eastern District, so

venue is proper only there and is not proper here. 

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: November 21, 2007. 

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

G:\PRO-SE\PJH\HC.07\herns5789.trn.wpd

Case 4:07-cv-05789-PJH Document 5 Filed 11/21/07 Page 1 of 1