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Parties Involved:
Christy Marie Camp
Petitioner
Tina Hornbeak
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTY MARIE CAMP, 

Petitioner, 

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TINA HORNBEAK, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 06-7616 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Valley State Prison for

Women, located in Chowcilla, California, in Madera County, within the venue of the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. On December 13,

2006, this Court received the petition for a writ of habeas corpus regarding Petitioner’s

parole hearings before the Board of Prison Terms. 

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

of confinement, see id § 2241(d). Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen

to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. See

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.

Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). If the petition is directed to the manner in which a

sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole or time credits claims, the district of

confinement is the preferable forum. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875

F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989).

Therefore, this Court will transfer this action to the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of

justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the

Court shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:December 20, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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