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Parties Involved:
Sydney Deegan
Petitioner
M. Spearman
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYDNEY DEEGAN,

Petitioner,

v.

M. SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-04008-KAW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at High Desert State Prison, has filed a pro se

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his 

conviction obtained in the Placer County Superior Court.

A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the 

judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the 

district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed may 

transfer the petition to the proper district in the furtherance of justice. Id. 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).

Petitioner was convicted in the Placer County Superior Court, which lies within the venue 

of the Eastern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Accordingly, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall 

terminate any pending motions on this Court’s docket and TRANSFER this action to the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 17, 2019

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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