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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEITH RUSSELL JUDD,

Petitioner,

 v.

HARLEY G. LAPPIN, et. al.,

Respondent(s)

 /

No. C-10-2371 TEH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a federal prisoner incarcerated at the Federal

Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas, and frequent litigant

in federal court, has filed what appears to be a Petition for a Writ

of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging federal

criminal proceedings that originated in 1998 in the United States

District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland-Odessa

Division. See United States v. Judd, No. 98-cr-00093-RAJ-1 (W.D.

Tex. filed June 24, 1998). It is unclear why Petitioner initiated

this habeas action in the United States District Court for the

Northern District of California, when venue properly lies in the

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas,

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Midland-Odessa Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 124(d)(7). 

Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28

U.S.C. section 1406(a) IT IS ORDERED that this action be TRANSFERRED

to the United States District Court for the Western District of

Texas, Midland-Odessa Division. 

 The Clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all

pending motions as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED 06/28/10 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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