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Parties Involved:
Frank Kenneth Benson
Plaintiff
John D. Haviland
Defendant

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No. C 10-0500 RS (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

 *E-Filed 4/2/10*

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

FRANK KENNETH BENSON,

Petitioner,

v.

JOHN D. HAVILAND, Warden, 

Respondent. /

No. C 10-0500 RS (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner Kenneth Benson, who is currently housed in Solano State Prison, has filed a

petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge a 2008 finding of parole unsuitability by the

Board of Parole Hearings in Vacaville, California. Vacaville lies in Solano County which is

in 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); however, a

petition challenging a conviction or the sentence imposed is preferably heard in the district of

conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). Because the parole denial occurred in the Eastern

District of California, and because petitioner is currently housed in the Eastern District,

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(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 1, 2010 

 RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT A HARD COPY OF THIS ORDER WAS MAILED TO:

Frank Kenneth Benson 

C-80247 

CA State Prison Solano 

2100 Peabody Road 

Vacaville, CA 95696 

DATED: 04/2/2010 

 

 

s/ Chambers Staff 

Chambers of Judge Richard Seeborg

* Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to any co-counsel who have

not registered with the Court's electronic filing system.

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