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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

MOHAMMED KATTAN, AH4638, 

Petitioner,

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M. SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 13-1019 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Solano County

Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28

U.S.C. § 84(b). Petitioner is incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility in

Monterey County, which lies within the venue of this district. 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 Solano County lies in the Eastern 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 Eastern District of California. 

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

SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 27, 2013 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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