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Parties Involved:
Ronald Davis
Respondent
Michael Eugene Thomas
Petitioner

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL EUGENE THOMAS,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD DAVIS, warden, 

Respondent. /

No. C 15-263 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Michael Eugene Thomas, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, has filed a petition for

writ of habeas corpus to challenge his conviction from the Kern County Superior Court. Kern

County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. The facility Thomas is

incarcerated at is in Marin County, within the venue of the Northern 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, a petition challenging a conviction or the sentence imposed

is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See N. D. Cal. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). Because

the conviction occurred in the Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and

Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this

matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 22, 2015 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-00263-SI Document 3 Filed 01/22/15 Page 1 of 1