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Parties Involved:
Tom Carey
Respondent
Curtis Lee Morrison
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CURTIS LEE MORRISON, 

Petitioner,

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TOM CAREY, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 06-0486 TEH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of the execution of a sentence imposed by

the Superior Court of California in and for the County of Contra Costa, which lies in this

judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(a). Petitioner is incarcerated at California State

Prison, Solano in Vacaville, County of Solano, which lies in the Eastern District of

California. See id. § 84(b). 

Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of conviction or the

district of confinement, id. § 2241(d); however, the district of confinement is the

preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a);

Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989); cf. Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp.

265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968) (district of conviction preferable forum to review conviction). 

Because the County of Solano lies in the Eastern District of California, the court

orders that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local Rule 2254-3(b), and in the

interest of justice, this petition be transferred to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as moot.

SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 02/02/06 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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