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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241fd Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ALEXANDRA VAZQUEZ, 

Petitioner,

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Respondent.

 Case No.: 18cv1916-MMA (KSC) 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO TERMINATE CIVIL 

ACTION 

 

 On October 24, 2017, Alexandra Vazquez pleaded guilty to Count 1 of a two-count 

Superseding Information charging her with importing methamphetamine, in violation of 

Title 21, United States Code, sections 952 and 960. See Case. No. 17cr1802-BAS, Doc. 

No. 24. On January 29, 2018, the court sentenced Vazquez to a custodial term of 76 

months and entered judgment accordingly. See id., Doc. No. 35. According to the 

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Vazquez is currently housed at the Federal Correctional 

Institute in Dublin, California, located in the Northern District of California.1

 

On August 1, 2018, Vazquez filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or otherwise 

correct her sentence pursuant to Title 28, section 2255, in the United States District Court 

                                               

1 See Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator, available at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ (last 

visited 8/17/2018). 

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for the Northern District of California. See Doc. No. 1. The Northern District’s Clerk of 

Court docketed Vazquez’s motion as a civil case-initiating petition pursuant to Title 28, 

section 2241. Upon initial review, the assigned magistrate judge noted that Vazquez 

clearly intended to challenge her conviction and sentence pursuant to Section 2255, 

determined that Vazquez must seek such relief from the sentencing court, and transferred 

the action to this District pursuant to Title 28, section 1404(a). See Doc. No. 3. Upon 

receipt of the transfer, the Clerk of this Court opened a new civil action and randomly 

assigned the action to the undersigned. However, because a 2255 motion may be brought 

only in the sentencing court, Vazquez’s 2255 motion is properly filed in the underlying 

criminal action. See Tripati v. Henman, 843 F.2d 1160, 1162-63 (9th Cir. 1988). 

Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to terminate this civil action 

and docket Vazquez’s 2255 motion in United States v. Alexandra Vazquez, Case No. 

17cr1802-BAS. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: August 20, 2018 _______________________________________

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

 United States District Judge 

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