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Parties Involved:
Jason Benedict Paine
Petitioner
Young
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON BENEDICT PAINE,

Petitioner,

v.

YOUNG,

Respondent.

1:20-cv-00187-JDP (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF 

WASHINGTON

ECF No. 1

Petitioner Jason Benedict Paine, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, petitioned 

for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The petitioner is 

challenging a conviction from Benton County, which is in the Richland division of the Eastern

District of Washington. Petitioner is currently incarcerated in Fresno 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 Eastern District of Washington and the Eastern District of California have 

concurrent jurisdiction. See § 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 Washington state conviction, we will transfer 

this case to the Eastern District of Washington for the ease and convenience of the parties and the 

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court. See id. 

Order

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

Washington sitting in Richland; and

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

United States District Court

Eastern District of Washington

825 Jadwin Avenue, Room 174

Richland, WA 99352

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 13, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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