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Parties Involved:
Paul Copenhaver
Respondent
Dedric Lee Wiley
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEDRIC LEE WILEY,

Petitioner,

v.

PAUL COPENHAVER, WARDEN,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-02093-SMS HC

ORDER TRANSFERRING THIS CASE TO 

THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

On December 31, 2014, Petitioner Dedric Lee Wiley filed this pro se petition for writ of 

habeas corpus in this Court, alleging that his federal constitutional rights were violated by errors in 

disciplinary proceedings at the United States Prison-Atwater, California, where he was then 

confined. On March 3, 2015, Petitioner advised the Clerk of Court that he had moved to the United 

States Prison-Victorville, California.

A habeas action is subject to jurisdictional and statutory limitations. See Braden v. 30th

Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S. 484 (1973). The proper respondent in a habeas corpus 

action is the warden of the institution in which the petitioner is confined. Rumsfield v. Padilla, 542 

U.S. 426, 434 (2004). In this case, following Petitioner's recent transfer, the proper respondent is the 

Warden of the United States Prison-Victorville, California. Because the habeas petition must be 

reviewed by the district court in the district where the petitioner is confined (United States v. 

Giddings, 740 F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir. 1984)), this Court must transfer the petition to the District 

Court for Central District of California.

Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS that this case be TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 5, 2015 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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