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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

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RONALD ROLLINGS,

Petitioner,

v.

WASHINGTON STATE,

Respondent.

Case No. 20-cv-01111-VKD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner Ronald Rollings, a federal prisoner currently confined at FCI Terminal Island in 

San Pedro, California, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 

2255, challenging his federal conviction (Case No. 16-cr-5459 RBL) out of the U.S. District Court 

for the Western District of Washington. Dkt. No. 1 at 1. Mr. Rollings’s claims include the 

violation of his right to a speedy trial, denial of his right to appear at the arraignment, the use of an 

unlawfully obtained search warrant, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Id. at 4. He seeks 

immediate release and dismissal of all charges. Id. at 15.

A prisoner in custody under sentence of a federal court who wishes to attack collaterally 

the validity of his conviction or sentence must do so by way of a motion to vacate, set aside or 

correct the sentence pursuant to § 2255 in the court which imposed the sentence. See Tripati v. 

Henman, 843 F.2d 1160, 1162 (9th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 982 (1988). Only the 

sentencing court has jurisdiction. See id. at 1163. Accordingly, this action must be transferred to 

the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington which has exclusive jurisdiction 

over Mr. Rollings’s § 2255 petition. Id.; 28 U.S.C. § 1631.

The Clerk shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the Western 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

District of Washington in Tacoma, Washington. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 20, 2020

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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