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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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Order of Transfer

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGIO T. TORRES,

Petitioner,

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 09-04661 JW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket Nos. 3 & 4)

Petitioner, a prisoner at the Corcoran State Prison, has filed this pro se

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his

state conviction.

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

district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). At the time he filed the instant action,

petitioner was confined at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California.

However, 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, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265,

266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). The petition indicates that petitioner was convicted in Madera

County which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28

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U.S.C. 84(b). 

Accordingly, the above-titled action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§1404(a),

2241(d); Habeas L.R. 2254-3. In light of this transfer, the Court will defer to the

Eastern District with respect to petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma

pauperis, (Docket Nos. 3 & 4).

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate any pending motions.

DATED: 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

February 10, 2010 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGIO I TORRES,

Petitioners,

 v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE, et al.,

Respondents. /

Case Number: CV09-04661 JW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the

attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s)

hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into

an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Sergio T. Torres F-77156

Corcoran State Prison

P. O. Box 5242

Corcoran, CA 93212

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

2/19/2010 2/19/2010 /s/

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