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Parties Involved:
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Defendant
Kanwaljit Singh Hundal
Plaintiff

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

KANWALJIT SINGH HUNDAL,

Petitioner,

 v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION,

Respondent. /

No. C 08-0158 CW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for

a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenges a prison

disciplinary action resulting in the loss of good-time credit. 

Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state

prisoner in a State that contains two or more federal judicial

districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the

district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district

court where the petition is filed, however, may transfer the

petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See

id. Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear

petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of

conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D.

Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

But if a habeas petition is directed to the manner in which a

sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole or time

credit claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. 

See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th

Cir. 1989).

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Petitioner is incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison,

which lies within the venue of Central District of California. See

28 U.S.C. § 84. Because Petitioner challenges the execution of his

sentence, the Court hereby ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of

justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the Eastern Division of

the United States District Court for the Central District of

California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 3/10/08 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KANWALJIT SINGH HUNDAL,

Plaintiff,

 v.

US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-00158 CW 

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 March 10, 2008, 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.

Kanwaljit Singh Hundal F-59716

Chukawalla Valley State Prison

B3-233L

P.O. Box 2349

Blythe, CA 92226

Dated: March 10, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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