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Parties Involved:
Ben Curry
Respondent
Thomas Anthony Wichelman
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS ANTHONY WICHELMAN,

Petitioner,

vs.

BEN CURRY, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-2105 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

(Docket No. 2)

Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad,

California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking review of his sentence

from Riverside County Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Central

District of California. See 28 USC § 84. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the

district of conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 2241(d). However, 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, 767

(N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In light

of this transfer, the Court will defer to the Central District for ruling on Petitioner’s

motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The Clerk shall terminate Docket No. 2 from this Court’s docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 13, 2008 _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS ANTHONY WICHELMAN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BEN CURRY et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-02105 JSW 

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 May 13, 2008, 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.

Thomas Anthony Wichelman

P62514

CTF

P.O. Box 705

Soledad, CA 93960-0705

Dated: May 13, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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