Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cv-02090/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cv-02090-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

---

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Order of Transfer

P:\PRO-SE\EJD\HC.15\03526Cavness-Bey_transfer(ED).wpd

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD E. CAVNESS-BEY,

Petitioner,

 v.

RONALD DAVIS, 

Respondent.

 

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

No. C 15-03526 EJD (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, has filed a petition for

a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction. 

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

district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 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). The petition

indicates that Petitioner was convicted in Sacramento County which lies within the

venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. 84(b). 

Accordingly, the above-titled action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§

Case 2:15-cv-02090-WBS-KJN Document 5 Filed 10/05/15 Page 1 of 3
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Order of Transfer

P:\PRO-SE\EJD\HC.15\03526Cavness-Bey_transfer(ED).wpd 2

1404(a), 2241(d); Habeas L.R. 2254-3. 

The Clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate any pending motions.

DATED: 

EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge 

10/2/2015

Case 2:15-cv-02090-WBS-KJN Document 5 Filed 10/05/15 Page 2 of 3
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD E. CAVNESS-BEY,

Petitioner,

 v.

RONALD DAVIS,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV15-03526 EJD 

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 , 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.

Donald Eugene Cavness-Bey P38865

SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON

San Quentin, CA 94974

Dated: 

Susan Y. Soong, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

10/5/2015 10/5/2015 /s/

Case 2:15-cv-02090-WBS-KJN Document 5 Filed 10/05/15 Page 3 of 3