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Parties Involved:
Juliano Vito Acuna
Petitioner
G. Matteson
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JULIANO VITO ACUNA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

G. MATTESON, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 20-cv-01902-JSC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this petition for a writ of habeas 

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition challenges the validity of his conviction from 

Tehama County Superior Court. 

 A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment 

and sentence of a state court of a state which 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). 

Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the 

district court for the district where the petition is filed 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, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 

1968). 

As Petitioner challenges the validity of his conviction, the proper venue for his petition is 

the district in which he was convicted. Tehama County is located within the venue of the Eastern 

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

Accordingly, in the interest of justice, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light of this transfer, ruling on Petitioner’s 

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application to proceed in forma pauperis is deferred to the Eastern District. The Clerk shall 

terminate this motion from this Court’s docket (docket number 2), and shall transfer this matter 

forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 15, 2020 

 

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JULIANO VITO ACUNA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

G. MATTESON, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 20-cv-01902-JSC 

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 April 15, 2020, 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. 

Juliano Vito Acuna ID: AM7465 

CSP-Solano 

P.O. Box 4000 

Vacaville, CA 95696-4000 

Dated: April 15, 2020 

Susan Y. Soong 

Clerk, United States District Court 

By:________________________ 

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY 

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