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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

JUSTIN LOMAKO, 

Petitioner, 

 vs.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION,

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-5087 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison,

located in Corcoran, California, within the venue of the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of California. On October 3, 2007, Petitioner filed this petition

regarding his challenge to a prison disciplinary proceeding. A petition for a writ of

habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a state

court of a state which contains two or more federal judicial districts may be filed in

either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition;

however, the district court for the district where the petition is filed may transfer the

petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See id. However, if the petition

is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole

or time credits claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. See Habeas

L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989).

Petitioner’s claims are directed to the execution of sentence, in that they involve a

credit forfeiture as a result of a prison disciplinary proceeding. Therefore, this Court will

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transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter

forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:October 25, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUSTIN LOMAKO,

Plaintiff,

 v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITION et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-05087 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on October 25, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Justin Kama Lomako T-45332

P.O. Box 8800

Corcoran, CA 93212

Dated: October 25, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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