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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In Re. 

TERRY DeWAYNE LEE,

Petitioner. /

No. C 12-4696 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Terry DeWayne Lee, an inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi,

California, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge the execution of his

sentence that was imposed upon his 1998 conviction in Orange County Superior Court. The

prison at which Lee is incarcerated is in Kern County, within the venue of the Eastern District

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

district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, 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 Lee is now confined in the Eastern District of California

and challenging the execution of his sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R.

2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter

forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 12, 2012 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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