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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

WILLIE PAUL VIGIL, JR.,

Petitioner,

v.

JOE A. LIZZARAQA,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00404-JDP

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SAN JOSE DIVISION OF THE NORTHERN

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner Willie Paul Vigil, Jr., a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas 

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The petitioner is challenging a conviction from 

Santa Clara County, which is part of the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California. Petitioner is currently incarcerated in Amador County, which is part of the 

Sacramento Division of this court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue is proper in the judicial 

district where the petitioner was convicted or the judicial district where petitioner is incarcerated. 

Therefore, both the Northern District of California and the Sacramento division of this court have 

concurrent jurisdiction. See § 2241(d). However, because petitioner is attacking the validity of 

his Santa Clara County criminal sentence, we will transfer this case to the Northern District of 

California for the ease and convenience of the parties and the court. See id. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action that has not been commenced in the 

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appropriate court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred. Therefore, we will transfer this 

action. 

Order

1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California, San Jose division.

2. All future filings shall reference the new San Jose case number assigned and shall be 

filed at:

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

San Jose Division

Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and United States Courthouse

280 South 1st Street, Room 2112

San Jose, CA 95113

3. The court has not yet ruled on petitioner’s outstanding motion for counsel. ECF No. 2.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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