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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

KENNETH HAWKINS,

Petitioner,

v.

KELLY SANTORO, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 22-cv-09148-VKD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Mr. Kenneth Hawkins, a state prisoner currently confined at North Kern State Prison in 

Delano, California, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging his state 

conviction out of Sacramento County. Dkt. No. 1 at 1. 

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and 

sentence of a state court of a state which contains two or more federal judicial districts may be 

filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Mr. Hawkins’ district of confinement is the Eastern District of California, which includes Kern 

County. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Mr. Hawkins’ district of conviction is also the Eastern District, which 

includes Sacramento County. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Accordingly, the Northern District of California 

has no jurisdiction over this matter. 

In the exercise of its discretion, and in the furtherance of justice, the Court finds that this 

case should be transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). 

The Clerk of the Court shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the 

Eastern District of California.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2023

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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