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Parties Involved:
Warden of Avenal State Prison
Respondent
Jeffrey Charles Wren
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY CHARLES WREN,

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN OF AVENAL STATE 

PRISON,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01603-JDP

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner Jeffrey Charles Wren, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas 

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The petitioner is challenging a conviction from 

Placer County, which is part of the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is currently incarcerated in Kings County, which is 

part of the Fresno Division of this court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue is proper in the 

judicial district where the petitioner was convicted or the judicial district where petitioner is 

incarcerated. Therefore, both the Sacramento and Fresno divisions have concurrent jurisdiction. 

See § 2241(d). However, because petitioner is attacking the validity of his Placer County 

conviction, we will transfer this case to the Sacramento division for the ease and convenience of 

the parties and the court. See id. 

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

appropriate court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred. Therefore, we will transfer this 

action to the Sacramento Division. 

Order

1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Sacramento.

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

3. The court has not yet ruled on petitioner’s outstanding motions. ECF No. 6, 7.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 19, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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