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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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points and authorities. The court makes no ruling on that request.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUSSELL LANG,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-0632 MCE DAD P

vs.

K. MENDOZA-POWERS, 

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a prisoner at Avenal State Prison, is proceeding pro se and has filed an

application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to

proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Sacramento County 1

Superior Court in 1974. However, in this action petitioner challenges the denial of parole by the

Board of Prison Terms in 2005 while he was incarcerated at Avenal State Prison. 

Through this habeas action petitioner seeks to challenge the execution of his

sentence as opposed to his underlying criminal conviction. While venue is proper in a habeas

action in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction under 28 U.S.C. §

2241(d), the district of confinement is the preferable forum where the action challenges the

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execution of a sentence. Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Avenal State

Prison is located in Kings County which is in the Fresno Division of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 3-120(d). 

Pursuant to Local Rule 3-120(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 court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the

court. This court will not rule on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis.

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

1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis

and request for the appointment of counsel;

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

District of California sitting in Fresno; and

3. 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: April 19, 2007.

DAD:4

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