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Parties Involved:
Michael Mitchell
Petitioner
C. Pfeiffer
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL MITCHELL,

Petitioner,

v.

C. PFEIFFER,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00274-JDP (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner Michael Mitchell, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas 

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. The petitioner is challenging a conviction from San 

Bernardino County, which is in the Eastern Division of the Central District of California. Id. 

Petitioner is currently incarcerated in Kern County, which is part of the Fresno Division of this 

court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was 

convicted or the judicial district where petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Central 

District of California and the Eastern District of California have concurrent jurisdiction. See 

28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action that has not been commenced 

in the appropriate court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred. Because petitioner is 

attacking the validity of his San Bernardino County conviction, we will transfer this case to the 

Central District of California for the ease and convenience of the parties and the court. See id. 

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Order

1. This action is transferred to the Eastern Division of the United States District Court for 

the Central District of California;

2. The court has not ruled on petitioner’s motion for counsel, ECF No. 2, and motion to 

proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 3; and

3. All future filings shall reference the new case number assigned and shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Central District of California

Eastern Division

3470 Twelfth Street 

Riverside, CA 92501-3801

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 26, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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