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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

MAURICE EDWARD CAMPBELL, 

Petitioner,

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I.D. CLAY, Warden, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 09-2378 RMW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks habeas relief from the execution of his sentence. At the time

petitioner filed this petition, he was in custody at the Sierra Conservation Center in Tuolumne

County, which lies in the Eastern District of California. 

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

conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging the manner in which a sentence

is being executed are preferably heard in the district of confinement. See Habeas L.R. 2254-

3(b)(1); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Here, the Eastern District of

California was the district of confinement. 

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California, the district of petitioner’s confinement when he filed this petition. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). The clerk shall terminate all pending

*E-FILED - 8/2/10*

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motions from this court’s docket and transfer the entire file to the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _______________ RONALD M. WHYTE 

United States District Judge

7/30/10

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