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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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 The Board of Prison Terms was abolished effective July 1, 2005, and replaced with the Board

of Parole Hearings. Cal. Penal Code § 5075(a).

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LESLIE A. BYRD,

Petitioner,

 v.

ROBERT J. HERNANDEZ, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-06375 SBA (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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

28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging as a violation of his constitutional rights the denial of parole by the

California Board of Parole Hearings.1 He has paid the filing fee.

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, however, 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. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v.

Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). But 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).

Petitioner is incarcerated at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, which lies within the

venue of the Southern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Because Petitioner challenges the

execution of his sentence, the Court hereby ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and

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Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the

United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 3/13/08 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LESLIE A. BYRD,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ROBERT J. HERNANDEZ et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-06375 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 March 14, 2008, 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.

Leslie A. Byrd D-30420

R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility

480 Alta Rd.

San Diego, CA 92179

Dated: March 14, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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