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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MOLLY KILGORE,

Petitioner,

v.

DEBORAH PATRICK, warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-2489 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge the denial of parole

suitability. Petitioner is incarcerated, and apparently had her parole suitability hearing, at the

Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, in Madera County. Madera County is

within 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, the

district of confinement is the preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence, such as a

parole denial claim. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir.

1989). Because petitioner is confined in the Eastern District of California and challenging the

execution of her sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in

the interests of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May15, 2007 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:07-cv-02489-SI Document 5 Filed 05/15/07 Page 1 of 1