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Parties Involved:
Davey
Respondent
Pedro F. Duran
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEDRO F. DURAN,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVEY, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-0056 KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. In his 

application, petitioner challenges a conviction issued by the Kings County Superior Court. Kings 

County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California. See Local Rule 120(d). 

Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 

division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the 

court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court.1 This court 

 

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 Petitioner may also be raising a claim challenging the execution of his sentence. When the 

petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being executed, such as a claim 

concerning parole or time credits, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. Dunne v. 

Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). To the extent petitioner is raising a claim 

challenging the execution of his sentence, transfer to the Fresno Division is appropriate because 

petitioner is incarcerated at California State Prison-Corcoran, which is within the jurisdiction of 

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will not rule on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis.

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis; 

2. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Fresno; and

3. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 

filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721

Dated: January 21, 2016

dura0056.109

 

the Fresno Division. 

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