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Parties Involved:
J. Macomber
Respondent
DeWayne Thompson
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DeWAYNE THOMPSON,

Petitioner,

v.

J. MACOMBER, Warden,

Respondent.

1:14-cv-01162 MJS (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2254. 

It is preferable for petitions challenging a conviction or sentence to be heard in the 

district of conviction while petitions challenging the manner in which the sentence is 

being executed be heard in the district of confinement. Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 

249 (9th Cir. 1989). In this case, Petitioner is challenging the manner in which the 

sentence is being executed. Namely, he is challenging a disciplinary proceeding that 

occurred while incarcerated in Corcoran, California. Corcoran is located in the Fresno 

Division of the Eastern District of California. However, prior to filing his federal petition for 

writ of habeas corpus, Petitioner was been transferred to California State Prison, 

Sacramento in Represa, California. Represa is located in the Sacramento Division of the

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Eastern District of California. Accordingly, the Sacramento Division is the district of 

confinement. Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the Sacramento Division. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in 

the proper court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper court. 

Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. 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 Sacramento; and

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

and shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 "I" Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2014 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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