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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARRYL FUNDERBURK,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-1559 WBS EFB P

vs.

W.J. SULLIVAN, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See 28

U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However,

petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong division of the Eastern District of California. 

Petitioner appears to be challenging the conditions of his confinement and is confined in

Kern County. Therefore, in the interest of justice, this action is transferred to the Fresno

Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1404(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). The court will not rule on

petitioner’s application leave for to proceed in forma pauperis.

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno. See Local Rule 3-120(f).

2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

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3. The new case number is . All future filings shall bear the

new case number and shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721

So Ordered.

Dated: September 20, 2007.

1:07-cv-1394 OWW TAG (HC)

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