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Parties Involved:
Ivan Clay
Respondent
Gregory Lewis
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY LEWIS, 

Petitioner,

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IVAN CLAY, Acting Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-3267 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from the Superior Court of

the State of California in and for the County of Glenn, which lies within the venue of the

Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Petitioner is incarcerated at the

Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown, County of Tuoumne, which also lies within

the venue of the Eastern District of California. See id. 

Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the

district of conviction, see id. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction

preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L. R. 2254-3(a);

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 

Because the County of Glenn lies in the Eastern District of California, the court

ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in

the interest of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as moot.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 22, 2007 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

Case 3:07-cv-03267-CRB Document 3 Filed 06/25/07 Page 1 of 1