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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICKY T. FOSTER,

Petitioner,

v.

SCOTT KERNAN,

Respondent.

1:16-cv-01113-JLT (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THIS COURT

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. ' 2254. 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 

jurisdiction, be brought only in A(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all 

defendants reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events 

or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the 

subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if 

there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought.@ 28 U.S.C. ' 1391(b).

In a habeas matter, venue is proper in either the district of conviction or the district of 

confinement. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Where a petitioner attacks the execution of his sentence, the 

proper forum in which to review such a claim is the district of confinement. See Dunn v. 

Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989)(stating, in a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 action, that “[t]he 

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proper forum to challenge the execution of a sentence is the district where the prisoner is 

confined.”).

In this case, the petitioner is challenging disciplinary proceedings and purported 

retaliation by prison officials at High Desert State Prison, Susanville, Lassen County, California, 

which is in the Sacramento Division of this Court. Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action 

which has not been commenced in the proper division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, 

be transferred to the proper division of the court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the 

Sacramento Division of this Court. 

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that this matter is transferred to the Sacramento 

Division of this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 4, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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