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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LIONEL DORIA,

Petitioner,

v.

SCOTT FRAUNHEIM,

Respondent.

1:20-cv-00178-JDP (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner Lionel Doria, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, petitioned for a writ 

of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The petitioner is challenging a 

conviction from Sacramento County, which is part of the Sacramento Division of the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is currently incarcerated in 

Fresno County, which is part of the Fresno Division of this court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), 

venue is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was convicted or the judicial district 

where petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Sacramento and Fresno divisions have 

concurrent jurisdiction. See § 2241(d). However, because petitioner is attacking the validity of 

his Sacramento conviction, we will transfer this case to the Sacramento division for the ease and 

convenience of the parties and the court. See id. 

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

appropriate court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred. Therefore, we will transfer this 

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action to the Sacramento Division. 

Order

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

California sitting in Sacramento.

2. All future filings shall reference the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall 

be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 “I” Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

3. The court has not yet ruled on petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 

ECF No. 2.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206. 

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