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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK M. DIAZ,

Petitioner,

v.

X. CANO,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-00873-VC (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Frank M. Diaz, a state prisoner incarcerated at California State Prison Correctional 

Facility, located in Los Angeles, California, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his conviction obtained in Kings County 

Superior Court. 

A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the 

judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the 

district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed may 

transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. Id. Federal courts in 

California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the 

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

Diaz was convicted in Kings County Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the 

Eastern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). He is incarcerated in Los Angeles County, 

which lies within the venue of the Central District of California. Thus, jurisdiction over the 

petition exists in the Eastern District of California, not in this district. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, 

the Clerk of the Court is ordered to TRANSFER this action forthwith to the United States District 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Court for the Eastern District of California.

All pending motions are TERMINATED on this Court’s docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

March 10, 2016

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