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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN DOUGLAS DONAHOE,

Petitioner, No. CIV-S-11-3300 CKD P

vs.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA,

Respondent. ORDER

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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 is presently incarcerated at the Vista

Detention Facility in San Diego County, California. 

The general rule with regard to habeas applications is that both the United States

District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted and the District Court where

petitioner is incarcerated have jurisdiction over the claims. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit

Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973). In the instant case, it is not entirely clear where petitioner was

convicted or what conviction he would challenge in his petition. The location of his

incarceration in San Diego County, however, is clear, and the court is certain that the Southern

District of California has habeas jurisdiction over his claims.

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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this

matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Id.

at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Dated: December 20, 2011

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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