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Parties Involved:
Erineo Hernandez
Petitioner
Roderick Hickman
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERINEO HERNANDEZ, 1:06-CV-1337 OWW SMS HC

Petitioner, 

vs.

RODERICK HICKMAN,

Respondent. ORDER OF TRANSFER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254.

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants

reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions

giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is

situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which

the action may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

In this case, the petitioner is challenging the outcome of a disciplinary hearing in which the

petitioner was found guilty of possessing an inmate manufactured stabbing device. Petitioner is

incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in Imperial County, which is in the Southern District of California.

Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern

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District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a case filed in the wrong

district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C.

Cir. 1974).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States

District Court for the Southern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 18, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

23ehd0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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