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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 Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VANNAK PRACH,

Petitioner,

 vs.

A. HEDGPATH, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 08-4641 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

In this habeas case petitioner seeks to challenge a conviction and sentence incurred in

the Superior Court of San Joaquin County. San Joaquin County is in the venue of the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is incarcerated at Kern

Valley State Prison, which also is in the Eastern District. 

Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of

conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). In this case they are the same, the Eastern District. Venue

therefore is not proper here, so the case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b).

 IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 15 , 2008. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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