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Parties Involved:
Brandon Favor
Petitioner
William Ryan
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON FAVOR,

Petitioner,

v.

WILLIAM RYAN,

Respondent.

1:16-cv-01790-JLT (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

On November 28, 2016, Petitioner filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

' 2254 in this Court. Because venue is proper in the Central District of California, the Court will 

order the petition transferred.

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 

jurisdiction, be brought only in A(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all 

defendants reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events 

or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the 

subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if 

there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought.@ 28 U.S.C. ' 1391(b).

In this case, it is unclear what the petitioner is challenging. If he is challenging his

conviction from Los Angeles County, venue is proper in the Central District of California. If he 

is challenging the fact or duration of his confinement, venue is also proper in the Central District 

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of California insofar as he lists his address in Los Angeles, California. Therefore, the petition 

should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In 

the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a case filed in the wrong district to the correct 

district. See 28 U.S.C. ' 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that this matter is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 2, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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