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Parties Involved:
Talmadge Bates
Petitioner
People of the State of California
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TALMADGE BATES,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-05499-JSC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this petition for a writ of habeas 

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 The petition challenges the validity of a criminal judgment from 

Solano County Superior Court.

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and 

sentence of a state court of a state which 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). 

Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the 

district court for the district where the petition is filed 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, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 

1968). As Petitioner challenges the validity of his conviction and sentence, the proper venue for 

his petition is the district in which he was convicted. Solano County is located within the venue of 

the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

 

1 Petitioner has consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c). (Dkt. No. 5.) 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Accordingly, in the interest of justice, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light of this transfer, ruling on Petitioner’s 

application to proceed in forma pauperis is deferred to the Eastern District. The Clerk shall 

terminate this motion from this Court’s docket (ECF No. 4) and shall transfer this matter 

forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2019

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TALMADGE BATES,

Plaintiff,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-05499-JSC 

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 October 24, 2019, 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.

Talmadge Bates ID: BE4708

California State Prison - Solano

P.O. Box 4000

Vacaville, CA 95696-4000 

Dated: October 24, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

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