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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMAL LEE SPENCER,

Petitioner,

v.

DEBBIE ASUNCION, Acting Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-01449-SK (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Dkt. #2)

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Los Angeles County 

Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Central District of California, Western 

Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). Petitioner is incarcerated at California State Prison, 

Los Angeles County, which also lies within the venue of the Central District of California, 

Western Division. See id. 

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

of conviction, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction 

preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dannenberg 

v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993).

Because the County of Los Angeles lies in the Central District of California, 

Western Division, the court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas 

Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the 

United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 30, 2016 _________________________

SALLIE KIM

 United States Magistrate Judge

Case 3:16-cv-01449-SK Document 4 Filed 03/30/16 Page 1 of 1