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Parties Involved:
Matthew L. Cates
Respondent
Charles B. Jones
Petitioner

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES B. JONES,

Petitioner,

v.

MATTHEW L. CATES, Secretary, 

Respondent. /

No. C 12-3009 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Charles B. Jones, an inmate at the Sierra Conservation Camp, has filed a petition for writ

of habeas corpus to challenge his conviction from the Solano County Superior Court. Solano

County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. The facility Jones is

incarcerated at is in Tuolomne County, also 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), although a petition challenging a conviction or the sentence

imposed is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See N. D. Cal. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b).

The Northern District is neither the district of conviction nor confinement. Because the

conviction occurred in the Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(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 California. The clerk shall transfer this

matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 19, 2012 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 2:12-cv-01647-TLN-EFB Document 4 Filed 06/19/12 Page 1 of 1