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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 Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RALPH T. MEYER,

Petitioner,

 vs.

M. SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 13-00715 YGR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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

filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and a request for appointment of counsel.

Federal statute allows "the Supreme Court, any justice thereof, the district courts and any

circuit judge" to grant writs of habeas corpus "within their respective jurisdictions." 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241(a). 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. Id. § 2241(d). Where a case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has

the discretion to transfer it to the proper federal court "in the interest of justice." See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1406(a). 

Here, Petitioner challenges a conviction and sentence incurred in the Stanislaus County

Superior Court, which is in the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

Accordingly, that is the proper venue for this action.

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 remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's docket as no longer pending in

this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 26, 2013 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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