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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN JAMES BURBRIDGE,

Petitioner,

vs.

U. S. GOVERNMENT, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 07-0521 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad,

California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking review of his criminal

conviction from San Bernardino County, which lies within the venue of the Central

District of California. See 28 USC § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either

the district of conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 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). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Central District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

02/06/07

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