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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSE TORRES-HURTADO, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RAFAEL ZUNIGA, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-01776 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the United States District Court for the Central District 

of California, and is incarcerated at the Mendota Federal Correctional Institution (MFCI), which 

is located in Fresno County, and therefore within the Fresno Division of the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). 

 The petition challenges the “manner in which [petitioner’s] sentence is being executed” at 

MCFI, and seeks a re-computation consistent with the concurrent sentencing order issued by the 

Central District. “[P]etitions that challenge the manner, location, or conditions of a sentence’s 

execution must be brought pursuant to § 2241 in the custodial court.” Hernandez v. Campbell, 

204 F.3d 861, 864 (9th Cir. 2000) (citations omitted). 

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Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action that has not been commenced in the proper 

division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the 

court. Accordingly, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. This court 

has not ruled on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis; 

2. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Fresno; and 

 3. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 

filed at: 

 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

DATED: September 13, 2016 

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