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Parties Involved:
Pierre Cleveland
Petitioner
Superior Court
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

PIERRE CLEVELAND,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT,

Defendant.

Case No. 20-cv-00300-RMI 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 6

This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner challenges a conviction 

obtained in the Sacramento County Superior Court. Sacramento County is in the venue of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is incarcerated in this 

district.

Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of 

conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Petitions challenging a conviction are preferably heard in the 

district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); see also Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 

(N.D. Cal. 1968). Because Petitioner was convicted in the Eastern District, this case is 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). All pending motions are VACATED and will be 

addressed in the Eastern District. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 30, 2020

ROBERT M. ILLMAN

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 1:20-cv-00300-RMI Document 8 Filed 03/30/20 Page 1 of 1