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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

CLIFFORD BAIR, 

Petitioner, 

 vs.

CLAUDE FINN, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-5337 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Deuel Vocational Institution,

located in Tracy, California, within the venue of the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. On October 19, 2007, Petitioner filed this petition

regarding his challenge to a parole proceeding. 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).

Petitioner’s claims are directed to the execution of sentence, in that they involve a

parole proceeding. Therefore, this Court will transfer this action to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in

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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:October 30, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLIFFORD BAIR,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CLAUDE FINN et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-05337 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 October 30, 2007, 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.

Clifford Bair

C95079

P.O. Box 20

Tracy, CA 95378

Dated: October 30, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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