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Parties Involved:
Debbie Ascuncion
Defendant
Jerimichael Cooley
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERIMICHAEL COOLEY,

Petitioner,

v.

DEBBIE ASCUNCION, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-03726-DMR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner who is incarcerated at the California State Prison - Los Angeles 

County (“CSP-LAC”), has filed this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his conviction obtained in the Orange County Superior 

Court. Dkt. 1. He has not filed an in forma pauperis application. 

On July 1, 2016, the Clerk of the Court informed Petitioner that this action has been 

assigned to the undersigned Magistrate Judge. Dkt. 3. However, on July 18, 2016, Petitioner 

declined magistrate judge jurisdiction. Dkt. 4.

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and 

sentence of a state court of a State which contains two or more federal judicial districts may be 

filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

The district court where the petition is filed, however, may transfer the petition to the other district 

in the furtherance of justice. See id. 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). If the petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being executed, e.g., if it 

involves parole or time credits claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. See 

Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989).

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United States District Court

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Here, Petitioner challenges a conviction and sentence incurred in the Orange County 

Superior Court, which is within the venue of the Southern Division of the Central District of 

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. CSP-LAC, the place of Petitioner’s confinement, is in Los 

Angeles County, which is also located in the Central District of California. Id. Therefore, the 

United States District Court for the Central District of California has jurisdiction over this matter. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, 

this action is TRANSFERRED to the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California. Even though Petitioner has declined magistrate judge jurisdiction, 

venue transfer is a non-dispositive matter and, thus, it falls within the scope of the jurisdiction of 

the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). Therefore, the Clerk 

shall transfer the case forthwith.

If Plaintiff wishes to further pursue this action, he must complete the in forma pauperis 

application required by the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Central 

District of California and mail it to that district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2016

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERIMICHAEL COOLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEBBIE ASCUNCION,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:16-cv-03726-DMR 

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 July 25, 2016, 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.

Jerimichael Cooley ID: V-90510

B2-112

P.O. Box 4490

Lancaster, CA 93539-4490 

Dated: July 25, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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