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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILLIP BRISETTE,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE PEOPLE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05578-PJH 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. The original petition sought an order compelling a state court to conduct 

a hearing regarding petitioner’s state habeas petition challenging a disciplinary hearing 

resulting in the forfeiture of time credits. Petitioner has filed an amended petition solely 

challenging the disciplinary hearing.

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

district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). If the petition is directed to the manner in 

which a sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole or time credits claims, the 

district of confinement is the preferable forum. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(2); Dunne v. 

Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). The petition indicates that petitioner is

confined at the California State Prison-Solano, which lies within the venue of the Eastern 

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b).1

 

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The disciplinary hearing occurred while petitioner was incarcerated in the Central 

District of California. There is no connection to this district.

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Accordingly, the above-titled action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a), 

2241(d); Habeas L.R. 2254-3.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 1, 2016

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILLIP BRISETTE,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE PEOPLE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05578-PJH 

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 February 2, 2016, 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.

Phillip Brisette ID: P44080

CSP Solano 8-250 Low

P.O. Box 4000

Vacaville, CA 95696-4000 

Dated: February 2, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Nichole Peric, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

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