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Parties Involved:
Tina Hornbeak
Respondent
Sunny L. Knauff
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUNNY LYNNE KNAUFF, 

Petitioner, 

 vs.

TINA HORNBEALE, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-1148 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Plaintiff, a prisoner of the State of California, currently incarcerated at Valley

State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, California, has filed a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus in this Court. Petitioner is seeking review of her criminal conviction from

Butte County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28

USC § 84(b). 

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

of confinement, see id § 2241(d). 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); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.

Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:March 5, 2008 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUNNY LYNNE KNAUFF,

Plaintiff,

 v.

TINA HORNBEAK et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-01148 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 5, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Sunny L. Knauff

X08475

P.O. Box 96

Chowchilla, CA 93610-0096

Dated: March 5, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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