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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 

MANUEL HERNANDEZ, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

KELLY SANTORO, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:17-cv-02587-GGH 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, ECF No. 1, and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

EC No. 2. Moreover, the court is in receipt of the prisoner trust fund account statement. ECF 

No. 5. 

 Petitioner’s conviction emanated from a judgment entered in the Superior Court for San 

Diego County and his appeal was before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal which makes the 

Southern District of California the proper venue for his petition where the information related to 

his appeal to the Fifth District Court of Appeal are readily available. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this case to the Southern District of 

California; 

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2. The court is in receipt of the certified prisoner trust account statement for 

petitioner, see ECF No. 5, the Clerk of this court is directed to forward it to the Clerk of the 

Southern District of California forthwith. 

Dated: December 18, 2017 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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