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Parties Involved:
Olie Eugene Hendricks
Petitioner
David Long
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OLIE EUGENE HENDRICKS,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVID LONG,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-00661-KAW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at California City Correctional Facility (“CAC”), 

located in Kern 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, which was obtained in Sacramento 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, however, 

may transfer the petition to the other 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. Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. 

Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 

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

venue of the Eastern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). He is incarcerated at CAC, in Kern

County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Id. § 84(d). Thus, 

jurisdiction over the petition exists in the Eastern District, not in the Northern District.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, 

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the Clerk of the Court is ordered to TRANSFER this action forthwith to the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California.

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2015 ______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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