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

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH C. OWENS,

Petitioner,

v.

LOS ANGELES,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-02519-HSG (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Kenneth C. Owens, a patient at Metropolitan State Hospital proceeding pro se, has filed a 

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking to challenge a sentence 

imposed and/or a civil commitment imposed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. 

Petitioner also appears to raise civil rights claims relating to false imprisonment and malicious 

prosecution.

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(b); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 

767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). Here the Central District of California is the district of conviction. In 

addition, to the extent Owens is raising a civil rights claim, the acts complained of also occurred 

within the venue of the Central District of California, making that the proper venue. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the Central District of California. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1404(a). In light of this transfer, the pending motion (dkt. 2) to proceed in forma 

pauperis is deferred to the Central District. The Clerk shall transfer this action forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

May 16, 2016

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