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Parties Involved:
Debbie Asuncion
Respondent
Bret D. Gallagher
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRET D. GALLAGHER, AK9115, 

Petitioner,

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DEBBIE ASUNCION, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 16-3939 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Kings County

Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28

U.S.C. § 84(b). Petitioner is incarcerated at California State Prison, Los Angeles

County in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, which lies within the venue of the Central

District of California, Western Division. See id. § 84(c)(2). 

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). 

Because Kings County lies in the Eastern District of California, 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 Eastern District of California. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 5, 2016 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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