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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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28 United States District Court Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PHILLIP E LABARR, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 24-cv-06651-SVK 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this petition for a 

writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition challenges the validity of Petitioner’s 

conviction in Fresno County Superior Court. 

 A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment 

and sentence of a state court of a state which contains two or more federal judicial districts may be 

filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the 

district court for the district where the petition is filed may transfer the petition to the other district 

in the furtherance of justice. See id. 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, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 

1968). 

As Petitioner challenges the validity of his conviction, the proper venue for his petition is 

the district in which he was convicted. Fresno County is located within the venue of the Eastern 

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Accordingly, in the interest of justice, this case is 

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

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The Clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 16, 2024 

 

Susan van Keulen 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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