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Parties Involved:
Ruchell Cinque Magee
Petitioner
J. Soto
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RUCHELL CINQUE MAGEE,

Petitioner, 

v. 

J. SOTO, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 15-cv-3289-TEH 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. He 

seeks review of a denial of parole by the Board of Parole 

Hearings. He was convicted in the Superior Court of Santa Clara 

County, which is in this district. However, his parole denial 

occurred at a hearing at California State Prison Los Angeles 

County, where he is still housed, which is in the Central 

District of California. 

Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of 

confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); 

however, the district of confinement is the preferable forum to 

review the execution of a sentence. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne 

v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because 

Petitioner's challenge goes to the execution of his sentence, 

this petition is transferred to the United States District Court 

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for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); 

Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 07/27/2015 

________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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