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Parties Involved:
Bill Whitman
Respondent
Michael Alan Yocom
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ALAN YOCOM,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-1345 FCD KJM P

vs.

SHERIFF BILL WHITMAN, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of

habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his application, petitioner challenges the execution of

his sentence. He is confined in Tulare County, which lies within the jurisdiction of the Fresno

division of this court. When a prisoner challenges the execution of his sentence, the preferable

venue is the court with jurisdiction over the place where the prisoner is confined. See Dunne v.

Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). 

As provided by Local Rule 3-120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced

in the proper division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper

division of the court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the

court.

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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

District of California sitting in Fresno; and

2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and

shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

1130 “O” Street

Fresno, CA 93721

DATED: October 27, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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