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Parties Involved:
Timothy S. Clyde
Petitioner
Marion E. Spearman
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY S. CLYDE, V84567,

Petitioner,

v.

MARION E. SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-06451-SK (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Placer County Superior Court, 

which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

Petitioner is incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in Lassen County, which also lies within the 

venue of the Eastern District of California. See id. 

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

conviction, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction preferably are 

heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 

767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993).

Because Placer County lies in the Eastern District of California, the court ORDERS that 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, 

this petition be 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: October 15, 2019

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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