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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON SCOTT HARSIN,

Petitioner,

v.

RICK HILL,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-07018-JST 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at Folsom State Prison in Represa, California has filed a petition 

for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a conviction obtained in 

the Shasta County Superior Court. Shasta County is in the venue of the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is also incarcerated in that district.

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

conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 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); Habeas L.R. 2254–3(a). Here, petitioner was convicted in, 

and is confined in, the Eastern District of California. Venue for petitioner’s habeas action lies in 

the Eastern District, not in this district. Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 

2254-3(b). The Clerk shall transfer the file herewith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 5, 2019

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

Case 4:19-cv-07018-JST Document 8 Filed 12/05/19 Page 1 of 1