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Parties Involved:
G. Marshall
Respondent
Troy Alexander Sanders
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TROY ALEXANDER SANDERS,

Petitioner,

v.

G. MARSHALL,

Respondent.

1:20-cv-00002-SKO (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF 

CALIFORNIA

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 

are residents of the State in which the district is located, (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) if there is no district in which an action may 

otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is 

subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

In this case, the petitioner is challenging a conviction from Riverside County, which is in 

the Central District of California. Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United States 

District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court may 

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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 Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2020 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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