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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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Case No. 19-cv-04582 NC (PR) 

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United States District Court 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSHUA MICHAEL GODFREY,

Petitioner, 

v. 

WARDEN PBSP, 

 Respondent. 

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 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Pleasant Valley State Prison and 

proceeding pro se, seeks federal habeas review of the execution of his state sentence 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Dkt. No. 1 at 1. In the underlying federal habeas 

petition, Petitioner challenges prison disciplinary proceedings which he contends deprived 

him of six months of good-time credits. See id. 

 Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of conviction or the district 

of confinement. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). But the district of confinement is the preferable 

forum to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. 

Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because Pleasant Valley State Prison is 

located in Coalinga, California, which lies within the Eastern District of California, the 

Court orders that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b), and 

in the interest of justice, this petition be transferred to the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California. 

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 Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California, the district in which Petitioner is currently confined. See 

28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(2). The Clerk shall terminate any pending 

motions and transfer the entire file to the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 NATHANAEL M. COUSINS 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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