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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL GARCIA JR., 

Petitioner,

vs.

R. A. HOREL, Warden, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 07-3669 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

(Docket No. 2)

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent

City, California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking review of his

criminal conviction from Fresno County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern

District of California. See 28 USC § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either

the district of conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 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). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light

of the transfer, this Court will not resolve Petitioner’s pending motion (docket no. 2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 26, 2007 _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL GARCIA JR.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

R.A. HOREL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-03669 JSW 

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 July 26, 2007, 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.

Miguel Garcia

P70850

P.O. Box 7500

Crescent City, CA 95532

Dated: July 26, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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