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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BILLY ANDERSON,

Petitioner,

 v

HIGH DESERT STATE PRISON,

Respondent.

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No C-10-1857 VRW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction

from the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the

County of San Luis Obispo, which lies within the venue of the

Central District of California, Western Division. See 28 USC §

84(c)(2). Petitioner is incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in

Susanville, county of Lassen, which lies within the venue of the

Eastern District of California. Id § 84(b). 

Venue in a habeas action is proper in either the district

of conviction or the district of confinement. See 28 USC § 2241(d). 

Petitions challenging a conviction, however, preferably are heard in

the district of conviction. See Habeas LR 2254-3(a); Dannenberg v

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Ingle, 831 F Supp 767 (ND Cal 1993).

Because the county of conviction, ie, San Luis Obispo,

lies in the Central District of California, Western Division,

pursuant to 28 USC § 1406(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b)(1) and

in the interest of justice the court orders this petition

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central

District of California, Western Division. 

The clerk shall terminate all pending motions as moot, 

close the file and transfer this matter to the United States

District Court for the Central District of California, Western

Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

VAUGHN R WALKER

United States District Chief Judge

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