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Parties Involved:
Michael Perkins
Petitioner
D. K. Sisto
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL PERKINS,

Petitioner,

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D. K. SISTO, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-0575 TEH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket No. 2)

On January 29, 2007, Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at California State

Prison-Solano in Vacaville, California, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus

under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the California Board of Prison Terms' ("BPT")

decision to deny him parole. Petitioner has also filed a motion to proceed in forma

pauperis (docket no. 2).

California State Prison-Solano is located within Solano County, which lies within

the Eastern District of California. See id. § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in

either the district of conviction or the district of confinement, id. § 2241(d). However,

the district of confinement is the preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence,

including parole. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249

(9th Cir. 1989); cf. Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968) (district of

conviction preferable forum to review conviction). 

Because the County of Solano 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

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Eastern District of California. In light of the transfer, this Court will not decide the

pending motion (docket no. 2). The Clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: 02/07/07 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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