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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MATTHEW EDWARD GARIANO, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

BOARD OF PRISON HEARINGS, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-1488 CMK P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 

Petitioner challenges the November 13, 2014, decision of the California Board of Parole 

Hearings to deny him parole. Consequently, the instant petition is one for review of the execution 

of a sentence imposed by a California state court. See Rosas v. Nielsen, 428 F.3d 1229, 1232 (9th 

Cir. 2005) (denial of parole is “a decision ‘regarding the execution’ of” a prison sentence.) As a 

general rule, “[t]he proper forum to challenge the execution of a sentence is the district where the 

prisoner is confined.” Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Petitioner is 

incarcerated at Valley State Prison, which lies in Madera County and is part of the Fresno 

Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 

120(d). 

 Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 

division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the 

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court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Fresno; and 

 2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 

filed at: 

 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

Dated: August 5, 2016 

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