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Parties Involved:
Tony Hedgpeth
Respondent
Ruben Servin
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUBEN SERVIN, 

Petitioner,

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TONY HEDGPETH, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-0283 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from the Superior Court of

the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles, which lies within the venue

of the Central District of California, Western Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). 

Petitioner is incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, County of Kern, which

lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See id. § 84(b). 

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

district of conviction, see id. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction

preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a);

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 

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Because the County of Los Angeles lies in the Central District of California,

Western Division, the court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas

Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to

the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as moot.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 23, 2008 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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