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Parties Involved:
Kevin D. Lowery
Petitioner
State of California
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN D. LOWERY,

Petitioner,

 v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-3573 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Kevin D. Lowery has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his 2003

conviction in Butte County Superior Court. Butte County lies within the venue of the Eastern

District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement

or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, a petition challenging a conviction

or the sentence imposed is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-

3(b). Because the conviction occurred in the Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this action is

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

clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 13, 2007 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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