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Parties Involved:
Kenneth J. Adams
Petitioner
Martin Frink
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNETH J. ADAMS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

MARTIN FRINK, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 16-cv-06415-MEJ (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. He seeks review of a prison 

disciplinary finding that resulted in the loss of time credits. The disciplinary finding occurred at 

High Desert State Prison, which is located in the Eastern District of California. However, the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s online inmate locator service confirms 

that petitioner has been transferred to Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility which is in the 

Northern District of Mississippi. 

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

(9th Cir. 1989). Because petitioner’s challenge goes to the execution of his sentence, this petition 

is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. See 28 

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U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). 

The Clerk is directed to transfer this matter forthwith. The Clerk is further directed to 

change petitioner’s address to Kenneth J. Adams, #T-45602, Tallahatchie County Correctional 

Facility, 415 U.S. Highway 49 North, Tutwiler, MS 38963. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES 

United States Magistrate Judge 

November 14, 2016

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