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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

RUCHELL CINQUE MAGEE,

Petitioner,

v.

J. CASTELLO, Warden, et al.,

Respondents.

No. 2:19-cv-1182 CKD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 

Petitioner is presently incarcerated at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo 

County. He is serving a sentence for a conviction rendered by the Santa Clara County Superior 

Court. 

The general rule with regard to habeas applications is that both the United States District 

Court in the district where petitioner was convicted and the District Court where petitioner is 

incarcerated have jurisdiction over the claims. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 

484 (1973). In the instant case, petitioner appears to be challenging his 1975 conviction as well 

as subsequent parole denials from unspecified dates. Petitioner’s conviction as well as his place 

of incarceration are in an area covered by the District Court for the Northern District of 

California.

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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is 

transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Id. at 499 

n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Dated: July 25, 2019

12/mage1182.108a

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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