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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY HOWARD a/k/a

GREGORY EUGENE WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

FERNANDO GOMEZ; et al., 

Defendants. /

No. C 09-6077 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Gregory Howard a/k/a Gregory Eugene Williams filed this action using the form habeas

petition. Although he used the form habeas petition, the nature of his claim does not concern

the fact or duration of his confinement and instead concerns the conditions of confinement as

he alleges that prison officials at the California Correctional Institution refused to grant him a

name change or correct his records to reflect his preferred name. The events or omissions

complained of occurred at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California.

Tehachapi is in Kern County, within the venue of the Eastern District of California. The

defendants apparently are employees of the prison and an employee at the CDCR’s headquarters

in Sacramento County, and apparently reside in the Eastern District of California. Venue

therefore properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly,

in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is TRANSFERRED to

the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 1, 2010 ______________________

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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