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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

PHILLIP VILLANUEVA,

Petitioner,

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MIKE EVANS, Warden,

Respondent. 

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C 07-3927 MMC(PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket Nos. 2 & 4)

On July 31, 2007, petitioner, a California prisoner incarcerated at Salinas Valley State

Prison and proceeding pro se, filed the above-titled petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a conviction obtained in the Superior Court of

San Joaquin County. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue for a habeas action is proper in either the

district of confinement or the district of conviction, although petitions challenging a

conviction are preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a);

Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). San Joaquin County, where

petitioner was convicted, is located within the venue of the Eastern District of California. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Because venue is preferable in the Eastern District, this case is

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). In light of the transfer, this Court will

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defer to the Eastern District with respect to petitioner’s in forma pauperis application.

The Clerk shall close the file and terminate Docket Nos. 2 and 4 on this Court’s

docket. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 23, 2007 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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