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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WALTER CHUNN,

Petitioner, 

 v.

KAMALA HARRIS, 

Respondent. /

No. C 15-4848 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Dkt. 2, 4)

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Solano County Jail in Fairfield,

California. He has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254 challenging

a conviction and sentence obtained in 2010 in Solano County Superior Court. 

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. Federal courts in California traditionally

have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. 

See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp.

265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968).

Petitioner in incarcerated in Solano County and he challenges a judgment from Solano

County. Solano County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. 

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United States District Court

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Accordingly, in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In

light of the transfer, this Court will not resolve whether petitioner may proceed in forma

pauperis or should be appointed counsel. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith and terminate docket numbers 2 and 4 from

this court’s docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21 , 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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