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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOE H. BANKHEAD,

Plaintiff,

v.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE 

OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00748-VC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Joe Bankhead, a state prisoner incarcerated at Tellahatchie County Correctional Facility, 

located in Tutwiler, Mississippi, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his conviction obtained in Solano County Superior 

Court. 

A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the 

judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the 

district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed, however, 

may transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. Id. Federal courts in 

California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the 

district of conviction. Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. 

Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

Bankhead was convicted in Solano County Superior Court, which lies within the venue of 

the Eastern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). He is incarcerated at Tellahatchie County 

Correctional Facility, in Tellahatchie County, which lies within the venue of the Northern District 

of Mississippi. Id. § 104 (a)(2). Thus, jurisdiction over the petition exists in the Eastern District 

of California, not in this district. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, 

the Clerk of the Court is ordered to TRANSFER this action forthwith to the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California.

All pending motions are TERMINATED on this Court's docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

March 19, 2015

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