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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

WENDELL TURNER BURGESS, 

Petitioner, 

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CDCR/BPH, et al, 

Respondents. 

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No. C 06-3550 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Deuel Vocational Institute

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

Eastern District of California. On June 2, 2006, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas

corpus regarding his hearing before the Board of Parole Hearings in Santa Cruz County

which resulted in a twelve month parole revocation sentence. 

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).

In this case, the petition is directed to the execution of sentence. Therefore, the
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Court will 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: June 14, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge