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Parties Involved:
Gregory Lee Gray
Plaintiff
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY LEE GRAY,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER,

Governor, 

Defendant. /

No. C 07-5548 PJH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

This is a civil rights case brought pro se by a state prisoner who is housed at Mule

Creek State Prison. Plaintiff contends that overcrowding has caused the prison health care

system to be inadequate, that he is innocent of the crime of which he was convicted, that

his plea bargain was breached, and that there was “clear sentencing error.” The last two of

these claims are claims which can be brought only in a habeas corpus proceeding, and so

are DISMISSED without prejudice to bringing them in a habeas case. See Preiser v.

Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 500 (1973). The remaining claim, that overcrowding violated

plaintiff’s rights, involves conditions at the prison where he is confined, which is in the

venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The

preferable venue for this case thus is the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

This case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). In view of the transfer, the court will not

rule upon plaintiff's motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, for convocation of a

three-judge panel, and for a stay. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 5, 2007. 

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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