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Parties Involved:
Andre Matevousian
Respondent
Son Van Nguyen
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner is a prisoner with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

2241. Petitioner is incarcerated at a United States penitentiary in Atwater, California. However, 

because Petitioner challenges the conviction in his petition, this case will be transferred to the 

district of conviction, the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. 

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

conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Petitions challenging execution of sentence are preferably 

heard in the district where the inmate is confined. See Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th 

Cir. 1989). Petitions challenging conviction are preferably heard in the district of conviction. 

Habeas L. R. 2254-3(a) (b). “For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of 

justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might 

have been brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has 

not been commenced in the proper court, may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the 

proper court. 

SON VAN NGUYEN,

Petitioner,

v.

ANDRE MATEVOUSIAN, WARDEN,

Respondent.

CASE NO. 1:15-CV-1817-SMS (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

 

 

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Here, Petitioner alleges that he is being held in violation of the constitution based on 

ineffective assistance of counsel and actual innocence. These alleged errors challenge his 

conviction. Petitioner was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court, Eastern District 

of California, Sacramento Division. Hence, venue in the Sacramento Division is preferred. 

Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2015 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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