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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 28:1651 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TEVIN LEE HARRIS,

Petitioner,

v.

JAMES D. OTTO, et al.,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00980-AWI-JDP

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Petitioner Tevin Lee Harris, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, seeks a writ of 

mandamus. ECF No. 1. 

Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner 

was convicted or the judicial district where petitioner is being held in custody. Here, petitioner 

was convicted in Los Angeles County, in the Central District of California. Petitioner is 

incarcerated in the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail, in the Central District of California. 

Therefore, the proper venue for his claim is the Central District of California. Pursuant to Local 

Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper court may, on the court’s 

own motion, be transferred to the proper court. Because petitioner was convicted and is 

incarcerated in the Central District of California, we transfer this case to the Central District for 

the ease and convenience of all parties and the court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

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Accordingly, 

1. The case is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of

California.

2. All future filings shall refer to the new Central District case number assigned and shall 

be filed at:

United States District Court

Central District of California

350 W. 1st Street, Suite 4311 

Los Angeles, CA 90012-4565

3. This court has not ruled on plaintiff's motion to stay. ECF No. 8.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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