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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 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHAEL R. TURNER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

WILLIAM MUNIZ, Warden, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 20-cv-02611-YGR (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 

 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). Where a case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court 

has the discretion to transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” See 28 

U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

 Here, Petitioner challenges a conviction and sentence incurred in the Tehama County 

Superior Court, which is in the venue of the Eastern 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 United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Judge 

May 29, 2020

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