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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

JOSH THOMAS,

Petitioner,

v.

GIVERNOR BROWN, et al.,

Respondents.

Case No. 16-cv-00008-JST (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, has 

filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks review of a denial of 

parole by the Board of Parole Hearings. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district 

of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, the district of 

confinement is the preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence. Habeas L.R. 2254-

3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Here, petitioner is not challenging his 

conviction but the denial of his request for parole, which goes to the execution of his sentence. 

Because petitioner is currently incarcerated in Solano County, which lies within the venue of the 

Eastern District of California, venue properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1391(b). Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

The Clerk shall transfer the file herewith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2016

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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