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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

SAN JOSE DIVISION

TIMOTHY L. CALLENDRET,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 20-cv-00536-VKD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently confined at Kern Valley State Prison, filed a pro se

petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging the lawfulness of his state conviction. Dkt. No. 1. 

While venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of 

conviction, the district court in which the petition is filed may exercise its discretion to transfer the 

action to the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Here, Petitioner challenges his 

conviction by a state court located in Los Angeles County, Dkt. No. 1 at 1, which lies within the 

Western Division of the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). This District has 

adopted a local rule limiting venue for habeas actions challenging the lawfulness of a state 

conviction to those out of counties located in the Northern District of California. See Habeas L.R. 

2254-3(a)(1); 28 U.S.C. § 84(a). Accordingly, in the exercise of its discretion, and in the 

furtherance of justice, the Court finds that this case should be transferred to the U.S. District Court 

for the Central District of California, Western Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 

2254-3(b)(1). 

The Clerk of the Court shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the 

Western Division of the Central District of California.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 13, 2020

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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