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Parties Involved:
Irving Sheppard
Petitioner
D. K. Sisto
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IRVING SHEPPARD,

Petitioner,

 vs.

D. K. SISTO,

Respondent. /

No. C 08-3983 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

This is a habeas case brought pro se by a state prisoner to challenge denial of parole. 

Petitioner was convicted in Santa Clara County, which is in this district, and he is incarcerated

at CSP-Solano, which is in the Eastern District.

Because petitioner’s claim is about the denial of parole, it is a challenge to the execution

of his sentence, rather than the validity of it. Venue for habeas cases involving state prisoners is

proper 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). This

petition therefore is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California. Because of the transfer petitioner may disregard the clerk’s notice

regarding his in forma pauperis application. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 2 , 2008. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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