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Parties Involved:
E. Evans
Respondent
Jose Rodriguez Garcia
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, 

Petitioner,

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E. EVANS, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 06-3772 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from the Superior Court of

the State of California in and for the County of Butte, which lies within the venue of the

Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Petitioner is incarcerated at

Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, County of Monterey, which lies within the venue

of this judicial district. See id. § 84(a). 

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

district of conviction, 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 the County of Butte 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 and terminate all pending motions as moot.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 20, 2006 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge