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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

MICHAEL A. YOCOM,

Petitioner,

v.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, 

 Respondent.

Case No. 20-cv-02304-EJD (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSER

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

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction out of Tulare County. 

Dkt. No. 1. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the 

district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Here, Petitioner is currently confined at the 

California Health Care Facility in Stockton, San Joaquin County, and his conviction was 

out of Tulare County. Dkt. 1 at 1. Both of these counties lie within the venue of the 

Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Therefore, venue properly lies in 

that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, this case is 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

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The Clerk shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the 

Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 5/6/2020 ________________________

EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

Order of Transfer

PRO-SE\EJD\HC.20\02304Yocom_transfer

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