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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

SATURNINO PRADO, 

Petitioner,

vs.

SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ALICE E.

ALTOON,

Respondent. 

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No. C 10-0981 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

Petitioner, a California prisoner incarcerated at California State PrisonSacramento in Represa, California, seeks federal habeas review of his conviction from

Los Angeles County, which lies within the venue of the Central District of California. 

See 28 USC § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of

conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 2241(d). However, federal courts in

California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or

sentence in the district of conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767

(N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

Because the County of Los Angeles lies in the Central District of California, the

Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR 2254-3(b), and in the

interest of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court

for the Central District of California. the Clerk of the Court is directed to transfer this

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matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 29, 2010 _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SATURNINO PRADO,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SUPERIOR COURT et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-00981 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 29, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Saturtino Prado

P98312

P.O. Box 290066

Represa, CA 95671

Dated: March 29, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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