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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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For the Northern District of California

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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

JIMMIE LEE ADAMS, SR.,

Petitioner,

 v.

WARDEN COOK, et al.,

Respondents. /

No. C 09-05937 CW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for

a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks leave to proceed in forma

pauperis.

Federal statute allows "the Supreme Court, any justice

thereof, the district courts and any circuit judge" to grant writs

of habeas corpus "within their respective jurisdictions." 28

U.S.C. § 2241(a). A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus

made by a person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a

state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement

or the district of conviction. Id. § 2241(d). The district court

where the petition is filed, however, 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. 

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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). 

Here, Petitioner challenges a conviction and sentence incurred

in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, which is in the venue of

the Western Division of the Central District of California. See 28

U.S.C. § 84. Accordingly, that is the proper venue for this

action.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and

in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court is ordered to

TRANSFER this action forthwith to the Western Division of the

United States District Court for the Central District of

California. 

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's docket as

no longer pending in this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 3/17/2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JIMMIE LEE ADAMS SR,

Plaintiff,

 v.

COOK, WARDEN et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV09-05937 CW 

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 March 17, 2010, 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.

Jimmie Lee Adams H-79884

DMH Q2-222

CA Medical Facility

P.O. Box 2000

Vacaville, CA 95687

Dated: March 17, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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