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Parties Involved:
Xavier Becerra
Respondent
Steffen Luther Fields
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEFFEN LUTHER FIELDS,

Petitioner,

v.

XAVIER BECERRA,

Respondent.

No. 2:19-cv-2609 CKD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. This 

court will not rule on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Petitioner is incarcerated in Ironwood State Prison and was convicted in Riverside 

County. Both Ironwood State Prison and Riverside County are in an area embraced by the United 

States District Court for the Central District of California. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241(d), courts 

in both the district of conviction and the district of confinement have concurrent jurisdiction over 

applications for habeas corpus filed by state prisoners. Because petitioner was not convicted in 

this district, and is not presently confined here, this court does not have jurisdiction to entertain 

the application.

Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and

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2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

Dated: January 2, 2020

13:fiel2609.108b

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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