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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

DARRELL HAYNES,

Plaintiff,

v.

W. L. MUNIZ,

Defendant.

Case No.16-cv-05038-JSC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 5

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in 

Soledad, California. He has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 

2254 challenging his conviction in Los Angeles County Superior Court. 

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). 

Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the 

district court for the district where the petition is filed may transfer the petition to the other district 

in the furtherance of justice. Id. 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, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 

1968). 

Los Angeles County, where Petitioner was convicted, lies within the venue of the Central

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, this action is 

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United States District Court

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TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

Petitioner’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and motion for appointment of 

counsel are deferred to the Central District. The Clerk of the Court shall administratively 

terminate these motions from this Court’s docket and transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 9, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARRELL HAYNES,

Plaintiff,

v.

W. L. MUNIZ,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-05038-JSC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on November 9, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Darrell Haynes ID: G-59394

Salinas Valley State Prison B-1-125

P.O. Box 1050

Soledad, CA 93960-1050 

Dated: November 9, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

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