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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAVELL RONDELL JOHNSON,

Petitioner,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Respondents. _______________________________________

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No. C 07-2733 SBA (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner Lavell Rondell Johnson filed a document entitled "Petition for a Writ of Habeas

Corpus by a Person in State Custody." He also requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Petitioner states that in 1985, he was convicted in this Court of armed bank robbery and

sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. See United States v. Lavell Rondell Johnson, Case

No. CR 85-0393 WHO. 

The instant petition is difficult to decipher, but it appears Petitioner, who is a federal

parolee held at the Sacramento County Jail, is challenging the execution of his sentence rather

than challenging his conviction. He alleges that a "miscalculation" of his sentence in Case No.

CR 85-0393 WHO "has Petitioner being held under false imprisonment." He further claims that

the "U.S. Parole Commission has no jurisdiction to detain the Petitioner or revoke parole." 

Therefore, he also seems to be challenging the United States Parole Commission's decision to

revoke his parole. However, Petitioner states that in 2004, he filed a pro se petition for writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the United States District Court for the Central

District of California, challenging the United States Parole Commission's decision to revoke his

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 If Petitioner is challenging the United States Parole Commission's decision to revoke his

parole, then he is filing a successive petition to his prior petition filed in Central District Case No.

CV 04-3103-RSWL(RC). A second or successive petition may not be filed in federal court unless a

petitioner first obtains from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order

authorizing the district court to consider the petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). The statutory bar

against successive petitions applies to actions brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See, e.g., Chambers

v. United States, 106 F.3d 472, 475 (2d Cir. 1997).

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parole. See Johnson v. Benov, Case No. CV 04-3103-RSWL(RC). On January 26, 2005, his

petition was denied after the Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Rosalyn M.

Chapman was adopted.1

DISCUSSION

As mentioned above, Petitioner's criminal proceedings took place in this district before

the Honorable William H. Orrick. However, the Court construes the instant petition as a petition

for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the execution of his

sentence. 

Review of the execution of a federal sentence is properly brought as a petition under 28

U.S.C. § 2241. Cf. Mills v. Taylor, 967 F.2d 1397, 1400 (9th Cir. 1992) (presentence time credit

claim); United States v. Giddings, 740 F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir. 1984) (same). Section 2241

allows "the Supreme Court, any justice thereof, the district courts and any circuit judge" to grant

writs of habeas corpus "within their respective jurisdictions." 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a). The Supreme

Court has interpreted this to mean that the court issuing the writ must have jurisdiction over the

custodian. Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 440-42 (2004). "[F]or core habeas petitions

challenging present physical confinement, jurisdiction lies in only one district: the district of

confinement." Id. at 442-43. 

Here, Petitioner was convicted in this district, but he is confined at Sacramento County

Jail, which is located in Sacramento County. Sacramento County is within the venue of the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Therefore, pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2241(b), this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(b).

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CONCLUSION 

 For the foregoing reasons, the Clerk of the Court is directed to TRANSFER the entire file

to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In view of the transfer,

the Court will not rule on Petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (docket nos.

2, 4). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 10/16/07 _______________________________

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAVELL RONDELL JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-02733 SBA 

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 October 17, 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.

Lavell Rondell Johnson X-4272439

4E-329

Sacramento County Jail

651 I Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Dated: October 17, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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