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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

KELLY L. BOHANNAN,

Petitioner,

v.

WILLIAM L. MUNIZ,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-02528-VC (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Kelly Bohannan, a state prisoner incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison, 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 and sentence of the Shasta 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).

Bohannan was convicted and sentenced in Shasta County Superior Court which lies 

within the venue of the Eastern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 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 Court for the Eastern District of California.

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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

June 16, 2016

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