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Parties Involved:
Garrison Thomas Fickenworth
Petitioner
Christian Pfieffer
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARRISON THOMAS FICKENWORTH,

Petitioner,

v.

CHRISTIAN PFIEFFER,

Respondent.

1:20-cv-00123-JDP (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ECF No. 1

Petitioner Garrison Thomas Fickenworth, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, 

petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The 

petitioner is challenging a conviction from Sacramento County, which is part of the Sacramento 

Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is 

currently incarcerated in Kern County, which is part of the Fresno Division of this court. Under 

28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), venue is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was convicted or 

the judicial district where petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Sacramento and Fresno 

divisions have concurrent jurisdiction. See § 2241(d). However, because petitioner is attacking 

the validity of his Sacramento conviction, we will transfer this case to the Sacramento division for 

the ease and convenience of the parties and the court. See id. 

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

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appropriate court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the appropriate court. 

Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. 

Order

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

California sitting in Sacramento; and

2. All future filings shall reference the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall 

be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 “I” Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 25, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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