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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PHIL ROGER WEGER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

STU SHERMAN, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. 2:15-cv-1923-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a judgment of conviction imposed by the Merced County 

Superior Court. Merced County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of California, which is where petitioner should have commenced this 

action. See E.D. Cal., Local Rule 120(d). When a civil action has not been commenced in the 

proper division of a court, the court may transfer the action to the proper division. See E.D. Cal., 

Local Rule 120(f). 

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 Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that: 

 1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno. 

2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number. 

3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: 

 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

Dated: September 14, 2015. 

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