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Parties Involved:
James Monahan
Petitioner
Pashilk
Respondent

Document Text:

ORDER – No. 19-cv-03507-LB

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

San Francisco Division 

JAMES MONAHAN, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PASHILK, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 19-cv-03507-LB

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Re: ECF No. 1 

James Monahan, who was convicted in Mendocino County Superior Court and now is 

incarcerated at the Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge a prison disciplinary decision. As a result of that disciplinary 

decision, Mr. Monahan lost 91 days of time credits. (ECF No. 1 at 10.) The petition challenges the 

execution of Mr. Monahan’s sentence. The prison at which he is incarcerated is in Madera County, 

within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either 

the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, the district 

of confinement is the preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 

2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because Mr. Monahan is 

confined in the Eastern District of California and challenging the execution of his sentence, 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this 

action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

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California. The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 26, 2019 

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LAUREL BEELER 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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