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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

SERGIO PEDRAZA, 

Petitioner,

vs.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-5619 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City,

California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking review of his criminal

conviction from Kern County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of

California. See 28 USC § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district

of conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 2241(d). However, federal courts in

California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or

sentence in the district of conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767

(N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 14, 2007 _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGIO PEDRAZA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-05619 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 November 14, 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.

Sergio Pedraza

J23267

Pelican Bay State Prison

P.O. Box 7500

Crescent City, CA 95532

Dated: November 14, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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