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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

J. B. OLIVER,

Petitioner.

Case No. 14-cv-05675-VC (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

J.B. Oliver, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction and sentence. Oliver pled no contest to 

second degree burglary in the Superior Court in Norwalk, California which is located in the Central 

District of California. Oliver is incarcerated at the California Correctional Center-Susanville, 

located in the Eastern District of California. 

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner in a State that contains two 

or more federal judicial districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of 

conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed may transfer the 

petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See 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). However, if a habeas 

petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole or 

time credit claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); 

Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989).

Because Oliver is challenging the validity of his plea agreement, venue for his habeas case 

lies in the Central District of California, not in this district. Accordingly, the Court orders that, 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, the 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Clerk of the Court transfer this petition to the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

February 20, 2015

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