Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-1_15-cv-01002/USCOURTS-caed-1_15-cv-01002-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Andre Matevousian
Respondent
Antonio Dawon Woodley
Petitioner

Document Text:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner is a federal prisoner with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2241. At the time of filing his petition, Petitioner was incarcerated at the U.S. 

Penitentiary, Atwater in Atwater, California. He is currently incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary, 

Hazelton, in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. However, because Petitioner challenges the 

conviction in his petition, this case will be transferred to the district of conviction, the Southern

District of Georgia, Savannah 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 

ANTONIO DAWON WOODLEY,

Petitioner,

v.

ANDRE MATEVOUSIAN, Warden,

Respondent.

CASE NO. 1:15-CV-1002-LJO-SMS (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, 

SAVANNAH DIVISION

 

 

Case 1:15-cv-01002-LJO-SMS Document 11 Filed 11/18/15 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

proper court. 

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

violation of the Speedy Trial Act, a violation of the prohibition against double jeopardy, the 

prosecution’s failure to disclose relevant evidence prior to trial, and because he was convicted 

under a defective indictment. These alleged errors challenge his conviction. Petitioner was 

convicted by a jury in the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division. Hence, venue in the 

Southern District of Georgia is preferred, Savannah Division. 

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

District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 1:15-cv-01002-LJO-SMS Document 11 Filed 11/18/15 Page 2 of 2