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Parties Involved:
Albert Davis
Petitioner
R. Lopez
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERT DAVIS,

Petitioner,

 v.

R. LOPEZ, Acting Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 10-00348 SBA (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He has

filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Federal statute allows "the Supreme Court, any justice thereof, the district courts and any

circuit judge" to grant writs of habeas corpus "within their respective jurisdictions." 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241(a). A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the

judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the

district of conviction. Id. § 2241(d). Where a case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has

the discretion to transfer it to the proper federal court "in the interest of justice." See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1406(a). 

Here, Petitioner challenges a conviction and sentence incurred in the Sacramento County

Superior Court, which is in the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

Accordingly, that is the proper venue for this action.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the

Clerk of the Court is ordered to TRANSFER this action forthwith to the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of California.

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's docket as no longer pending in

this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 6/22/10 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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United States District Court

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERT DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

R.LOPEZ et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-00348 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of California.

That on June 24, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies)

in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in

the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's

office.

Albert Davis F49429

Corcoran State Prison

P.O. Box 3466

Corcoran, CA 93212

Dated: June 24, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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