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Parties Involved:
Allen Deshaun Farmer
Petitioner
J. Soto
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLEN DESHAUN FARMER, P36745,

Petitioner,

v.

J. SOTO, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-00208-SK (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Madera County Superior 

Court, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

Petitioner is incarcerated at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, which lies within the 

venue of the Central District of California, Western Division. See id. § 84(c)(2). 

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

confinement, see id. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction preferably are heard in 

the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 

767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 

Because Madera County lies in the Eastern District of California, the court ORDERS that 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, 

this petition be 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 20, 2016

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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