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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZIBU GAO, 

Petitioner,

vs.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Respondent(s). 

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No. C 06-4406 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from the Superior Court of

the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles, which lies within the venue

of the Central District of California, Western Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). 

Petitioner is incarcerated in the County of Alameda, which lies within the venue of this

court. See id. § 84(a). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of

confinement or the district of conviction, see id. § 2241(d); however, petitions

challenging a conviction preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas

L.R. 2254-3(a); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 

Because the County of Los Angeles lies in the Central District of California, the

court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b),

and in the interest of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the United States

District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as moot.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 20, 2006 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge