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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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No. C 12-3659 RS (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

 *E-Filed 10/25/12* 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ROBERT A. LOPEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

G.D. LOUIS, 

Respondent. /

No. C 12-3659 RS (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner challenges the constitutional validity of the convictions he suffered in a

Stanislaus County Superior Court. Stanislaus County lies in 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 Habeas L.R.

2254-3(b). Because petitioner suffered his convictions in the Eastern District, this action is

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice. 

The Clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 25, 2012 

 RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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