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Parties Involved:
Audrey King
Respondent
James Payne
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES PAYNE,

Petitioner,

v.

AUDREY KING,

Respondent.

Case No. 14-cv-01078-JST (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

On March 7, 2014, petitioner, a civil detainee confined at Coalinga State Hospital and 

awaiting civil commitment proceedings, filed the above-titled pro se petition for writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is being held pursuant to an order of the Tulare 

County Superior Court. 

Tulare County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Coalinga State 

Hospital, where petitioner is confined, is also within the venue of the Eastern 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), although 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). 

Here, the proper venue is the Eastern District of California because petitioner was committed and 

is confined in that district. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(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: April 15, 2014

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

Case 1:14-cv-00538-LJO-SKO Document 8 Filed 04/15/14 Page 1 of 1