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Parties Involved:
Steven Anthony Prellwitz
Petitioner
D. K. Sisto
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN ANTHONY PRELLWITZ,

Petitioner,

v.

D. K. SISTO, warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 06-7352 MHP (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge the denial of

parole suitability. Petitioner is incarcerated, and had his parole suitability hearing, at the

California State Prison in Vacaville, in Solano County. Solano County is within the venue of

the Eastern District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of

confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, the district of

confinement is the preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence, such as a parole

denial claim. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir.

1989). Because petitioner is confined in the Eastern District of California and challenging

the execution of his sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b),

and in the interests of justice, this action is 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: December 20, 2006 

Marilyn Hall Patel

United States District Judge

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