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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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Case No. 16-cv-01840 LHK (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARION A. CARR,

Petitioner,

v.

R.J. RACKLEY, Warden,

 Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-01840 LHK (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at Folsom State Prison, in Folsom, California, seeks federal 

habeas review of the execution of his state sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the 

underlying federal habeas petition, petitioner challenges the California Board of Prison Terms’ 

decision denying him parole. 

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 Folsom State Prison lies in the Eastern District of California, the 

court orders that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in the 

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Case No. 16-cv-01840 LHK (PR)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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 all pending motions, and transfer 

this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

LUCY H. KOH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

June 16, 2016

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