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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

MIGUEL ANGEL CASTILLO,

Petitioner,

v.

W. J. SULLIVAN, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-06109-VKD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Mr. Miguel Angel Castillo, a state prisoner currently confined at the California 

Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the lawfulness of his state conviction.1 Dkt. No. 1. While venue 

for a habeas action is proper either in 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, Mr. Castillo challenges his conviction by a 

state court located in Yolo County. Dkt. No. 1 at 1. Yolo County lies within the Eastern District 

of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 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 Eastern District of California. See 

28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). 

 

1 Mr. Castillo has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 4.

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

District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2019

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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