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Parties Involved:
Ken Clark
Respondent
Darious A Mays
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARIOUS A. MAYS, 

Petitioner, 

 vs.

KEN CLARK, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 10-0761 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket No. 2)

Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of California, currently incarcerated in

Corcoran, California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court

challenging the constitutionality of his state conviction from Sacramento County. 

Petitioner has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2).

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

of confinement, see id § 2241(d). Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen

to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. See

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.

Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28

USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the

Court shall TRANSFER this matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California forthwith. In light of the transfer, this Court will not resolve

Petitioner’s pending motion (docket no. 2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 2, 2010 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARIOUS A. MAYS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

KEN CLARK et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-00761 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 2, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Darious A Mays

F90214

P.O. Box 5246

Corcoran, CA 93212

Dated: March 2, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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