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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

RUDOLFO JOSE MEDINA,

Petitioner,

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COUNTY OF SOLANO,

Respondent. 

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C 07-6388 MMC(PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

On December 17, 2007, petitioner, a California prisoner incarcerated at North Kern

State Prison and proceeding pro se, filed the above-titled petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a conviction obtained in the Superior Court of

Solano County. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue for a habeas action is proper in either the

district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). In the instant

action, neither the district of confinement nor the district of conviction is located within the

venue of the Northern District of California. North Kern State Prison, where petitioner is

confined, is in Kern County, which is located within the venue of the Eastern District of

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Solano County, where petitioner was convicted, also is

located within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See id. 

When venue is improper, the district court has the discretion to either dismiss the

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action or transfer it “in the interest of justice.” See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Accordingly, in the

interest of justice, the above-titled action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

The Clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 2, 2008 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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