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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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C 14-4388 LB

ORDER

UNITED 

STATES 

DISTRICT 

COURT

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

San Francisco Division

ANDRE Z. LUCAS, 

Petitioner,

v.

M. SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent.

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No. C 14-4388 LB

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

[Re: ECF No. 1]

Andre Z. Lucas, an inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, filed this pro se

action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge his conviction from the

El Dorado County Superior Court. His county of incarceration (i.e., Monterey County) is located

within the venue of the Northern District of California and his county of conviction (i.e., El Dorado 

County) is located within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas

action in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d);

however, a petition challenging a conviction or the sentence imposed is preferably heard in the

district of conviction. See N. D. Cal. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). Because the conviction occurred in

the Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and

in the interest of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2014

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LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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