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Parties Involved:
Burton
Respondent
Michael Cloyd
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL CLOYD,

Petitioner,

v.

BURTON,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-03119-SI 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Re: Dkt. No. 1

Petitioner, who was convicted in Alameda County Superior Court and now is incarcerated 

at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 

U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge the Board of Parole Hearings’ refusal to set a term of years for him on 

his 15-to-life plus three years prison sentence. The petition challenges the execution of his sentence. 

The prison at which petitioner is incarcerated is in San Joaquin County, within the venue of the 

Eastern District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement 

or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, the district of confinement is the 

preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. 

Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because petitioner is confined in the Eastern District 

of California and challenging the execution of his sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and 

Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 23, 2019

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:19-cv-03119-SI Document 5 Filed 09/23/19 Page 1 of 1