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Parties Involved:
Thomas Stephen Gunn
Petitioner
James A. Yates
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS STEPHEN GUNN, 1:06-cv-1778 AWI TAG HC

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER OF TRANSFER

JAMES A. YATES, Warden,

Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1). 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants

reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions

giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is

situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which

the action may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

In this case, the petitioner is challenging a conviction from Mendocino County, which is in the

Northern District of California. Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United States

District Court for the Northern District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court may

transfer a case filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v.

McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States

District Court for the Northern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 9, 2007 /s/ Theresa A. Goldner 

j6eb3d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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