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Parties Involved:
Joel Martinez
Respondent
Vester L. Patterson
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VESTER L. PATTERSON

Petitioner,

v.

JOEL MARTINEZ, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-02862-KAW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Sierra Conservation Center, located in Tuolomne 

County, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 

challenging the validity of his conviction obtained in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the 

judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the 

district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed may 

transfer the petition to the proper district in the furtherance of justice. Id. Federal courts in 

California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the 

district of conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993).

Pursuant to Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(a)(1), venue is proper in the Northern District for 

petitions challenging the lawfulness of a conviction or sentence from the following counties: 

Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Benito, San 

Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma. Under Habeas Local Rule 2254(b), 

if a petition filed in the Northern District does not conform to Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(a), venue 

shall be transferred to the district of conviction or sentencing, if the petition is challenging the 

conviction or sentence.

Petitioner was convicted in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which lies within the 

venue of the Central District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Accordingly, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

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United States District Court

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§ 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, the Clerk of the Court is 

ordered to TRANSFER this action to the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California.

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court’s docket as no longer pending in

this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 29, 2016 ______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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