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Parties Involved:
Anthony Hedgpeth
Respondent
Oscar Morales
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OSCAR MORALES, G-51430, 

Petitioner,

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ANTHONY HEDGPETH, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 12-0909 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket # 2)

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from Sacramento County

Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28

U.S.C. § 84(b). Petitioner is incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad,

County of Monterey, which lies within the venue of this district. See id. § 84(a). 

Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the

district of conviction, see id. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction

preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a);

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 

Because the County of Sacramento lies in the Eastern District of California, the

court ORDERS that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b),

and in the interest of justice, this petition be TRANSFERRED to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as moot.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Feb. 28, 2012 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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