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Parties Involved:
David E. Bristow
Petitioner
State of California
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID E. BRISTOW, AT0900, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 19-cv-04322-CRB (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Yolo County Superior Court, 

which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

Petitioner is incarcerated at Avenal State Prison in Kings County, 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 28 U.S.C. § 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 Yolo County 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 forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 10, 2019 

______________________________________ 

CHARLES R. BREYER 

United States District Judge 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID E. BRISTOW, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:19-cv-04322-CRB 

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 September 10, 2019, 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. 

David E. Bristow ID: AT0900 

Avenal State Prison 

P.O. Box 905 

Avenal, CA 93210 

Dated: September 10, 2019 

Susan Y. Soong 

Clerk, United States District Court 

By:________________________ 

Lashanda Scott, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable CHARLES R. BREYER 

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