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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 WILLIAM CAMPOS,

Petitioner,

 v.

JAMES A YATES, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-04067 SBA (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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

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 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 United States District Court for

the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:9/13/07 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RALPH WILLIAM CAMPOS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

JAMES A YATES et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04067 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on September 14, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Ralph William Campos D-67345

Pleasant Valley State Prison

D-2, 108-Low

P.O. Box 8504

Coalinga, CA 93210

Dated: September 14, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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