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Parties Involved:
B. Curry
Respondent
Don A. Renteria
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DON A. RENTERIA, 

Petitioner,

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B. CURRY, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-0133 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

(Docket Nos. 2, 3)

Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad,

California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking review of his criminal

conviction from Kern County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of

California. See 28 USC § 84(b). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district

of conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 2241(d). However, 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). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light

of the transfer, the Court will not resolve the pending motions (docket nos. 2, 3). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 22, 2007 _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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