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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES WILLIAMS, 

Petitioner, 

 vs.

FRISCO, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 06-4611 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California State PrisonSolano, located in Vacaville, California, within the venue of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. On July 28, 2006, this Court received the

petition for a writ of habeas corpus regarding Petitioner’s parole hearings before the

Board of Prison Terms, which was transferred here from the Eastern District of

California, where it was originally filed by Petitioner. 

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the

judgment and sentence of a state court of a state which contains two or more federal

judicial districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of

conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Each of such districts shall have concurrent

jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the district court for the district where the

petition is filed may transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. 

See id. However, 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(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249

(9th Cir. 1989).

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While it may have appeared that the petition referred to Petitioner’s underlying

conviction resulting from a guilty plea in San Francisco Superior Court, it is clear from

reviewing the petition that Petitioner’s claims of a constitutional violation are directed to

the execution of sentence, in that they involve the failure of the Parole Board to find

Petitioner suitable for parole on five separate occasions. Therefore, this Court will

transfer this action back to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter

forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 17, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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