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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 

Northern District of California 

United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

JOSE MURILLO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

J. SOTO, Warden, 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 13-03299 CW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER 

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Pleasant Valley 

State Prison (PVSP), in Coalinga, California, has filed a pro se 

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

challenging the validity of his conviction, which was obtained in 

Fresno County Superior Court. 

A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a 

person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a state 

court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or 

the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district 

court where the petition is filed, however, may transfer the 

petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. 

See id. 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). 

Petitioner was convicted in Fresno County Superior Court, 

which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of 

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Further, he is incarcerated 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

in SVSP, also located in Fresno County. Thus, jurisdiction over 

the petition exists in Eastern District of California, not in the 

Northern District. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), 

and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court is ordered 

to TRANSFER this action forthwith to the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California. 

 All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's 

docket as no longer pending in this Court. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

____________________________ 

CLAUDIA WILKEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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