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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

For the Northern District of California

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 Petitioner has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction.

(Docket Nos. 2, 3.)

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TONEY MARTINEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

ROBERT W. FOX,

Respondent.

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No. C 16-0344 NC (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Toney Martinez, a California state prisoner, a state prisoner at California Medical

Facility, in Vacaville, California, seeks federal habeas review of the execution of his state

sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1

 In the underlying federal habeas petition, petitioner

challenges the California Board of Prison Terms’ 2014 decision denying him parole, and

extending the time to his next parole hearing, pursuant to Marsy’s Law.

Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of conviction or the district of

confinement. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). But the district of confinement is the preferable forum to

review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d

244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because California Medical Facility lies in the Eastern District of

California, the court orders that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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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. 

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California, the district in which petitioner is currently confined. See 28

U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). The Clerk shall terminate any pending motions

and transfer the entire file to the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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