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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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Order of Transfer

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENJI DOMINIC RICHMOND,

Petitioner,

 vs.

M.E. SPEARMAN, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 15-00503 EJD (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at Correctional Training Facility in Soledad,

California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254,

challenging his state conviction. 

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

district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, federal courts in California

traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in

the district of conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D.

Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). The petition

indicates that Petitioner was convicted in Ventura County which lies within the

venue of the Western Division of the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C.

84(c)(2). 

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Accordingly, the above-titled action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United

States District Court for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§

1404(a), 2241(d); Habeas L.R. 2254-3. 

The Clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate any pending motions.

DATED: 

EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge 

4/14/2015

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENJI DOMINIC RICHMOND,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN,

Defendant.

Case No. 5:15-cv-00503-EJD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on 4/14/2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle 

located in the Clerk's office.

Kenji Dominic Richmond

CTF NA-LB-305L

PO Box 705

Hwy 101 N.

Soledad, CA 93960 

Dated: 4/14/2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable EDWARD J. DAVILA

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