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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELIJAH M. SMITH, JR.,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-10-0720 EFB P

vs.

LARRY HOLLOWAY,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See 28

U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However,

petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner is incarcerated in the California Men’s Colony in San Louis Obispo County

and was convicted in Los Angeles County. Both counties are in an area embraced by the United

States District Court for the Central District of California. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), courts in both the district of conviction and the

district of confinement have concurrent jurisdiction over applications for habeas corpus filed by

state prisoners. Because petitioner was not convicted in this district, and is not presently

confined here, this court does not have jurisdiction to entertain the application. 

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Therefore, the court takes no action on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis, and transfers this action to the United States District Court for the Central District of

California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(c), 1406(a), 2241(d).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United States District

Court for the Central District of California.

DATED: April 19, 2010.

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