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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

EDMOND W. RICHARDSON, AL7106, 

Petitioner,

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RONALD DAVIS, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 16-0471 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a 2012 conviction from San Bernardino

County Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Central District of California,

Eastern Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1). Petitioner is incarcerated at San Quentin

State Prison in Marin County, which lies within the venue of this judicial district. See

id. § 84(a). 

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

district of conviction, see id. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction

preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a);

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 

Because San Bernardino County lies in the Central District of California, Eastern

Division, the court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local

Rule 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, Eastern Division. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: 1/29/2016 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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