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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

GERALD W. HURT,

Petitioner,

 v.

ERIC ARNOLD,

Respondent. /

No. C 15-0988 EDL (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at Solano State Prison, in Vacaville, California, seeks

federal habeas review of the execution of his state sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1

In the underlying federal habeas petition, petitioner appears to be challenging the

calculation of his sentence.

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

confinement. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). But the district of confinement is the preferable forum

to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875

F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because Solano State Prison lies in the Eastern District of

California, 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 Eastern District of California. 

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California, the district in which petitioner is currently confined. See 28

U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). The Clerk shall terminate any pending

motions and transfer the entire file to the Eastern District of California. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April , 2015. 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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