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Parties Involved:
R. Campbell
Respondent
Frank Stephenson
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK STEPHENSON, CIV F 05 0409 AWI LJO HC

Petitioner, 

vs.

R. CAMPBELL, Warden,

Respondent. ORDER OF TRANSFER

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On December 20, 2004, petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se filed a habeas

corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in the Northern District of California, under process

of receipt number 3367227 in the sum of $5.00. On March 28, 2005 the Fresno Division of the

Eastern District of California received a transfer order from the Northern District of California. 

The petitioner is challenging a conviction from Amador County, which is part of the

Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the Sacramento Division. Pursuant to Local

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Rule 3-120(b), 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. All future pleadings shall reference the new case number and be

filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 "I" Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

Good cause appearing: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is transferred to the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sitting in Sacramento.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 19, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

23ehd0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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