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Parties Involved:
California Board of Parole Hearings
Respondent
Vincent Scot Smith
Petitioner

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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINCENT S. SMITH,

Petitioner,

 v.

CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PAROLE

HEARINGS,

Respondent. /

No. C 10-00861 CW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for

a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenges the execution of his

sentence. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). 

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state

prisoner in a State that contains two or more federal judicial

districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the

district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district

court where the petition is filed, however, may transfer the

petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See

id. 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). 

But if a habeas petition is directed to the manner in which a

sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole or time

credit claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. 

See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th

Cir. 1989).

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Petitioner is incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison,

which lies within the venue of the Eastern Division of the Central

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Because Petitioner

challenges the execution of his sentence, the Court hereby ORDERS

that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and

in the interests of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the

Eastern Division of the United States District Court for the

Central District of California. 

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's docket as

no longer pending in this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 3/17/2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINCENT S SMITH,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PAROLE

HEARINGS et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-00861 CW 

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 March 17, 2010, 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.

Vincent Scot Smith C-99842

A1-150-L

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 2349

Blythe, CA 92226

Dated: March 17, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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