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Parties Involved:
Shannon Pulley
Petitioner
State Hospital
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANNON PULLEY,

Petitioner,

v.

STATE HOSPITAL,

Respondent.

1:15-cv-01311-MJS (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF 

CALIFORNIA

Petitioner, a state detainee 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 reside in the same state, (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) a 

judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the 

action may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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

district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court for the district wherein such 

an application is filed in the exercise of its discretion and in furtherance of justice may 

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transfer the application to the other district court for hearing and determination. Id.

It is preferable for petitions challenging a conviction or sentence to be heard in the 

district of conviction while petitions challenging the manner in which the sentence is 

being executed be heard in the district of confinement. Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 

249 (9th Cir. 1989). In this case, it appears that Petitioner is challenging the manner in 

which the sentence is being executed. Specifically, Petitioner is alleging that false 

documents have been used to keep him from being released from Atascadero State 

Hospital. Atascadero State Hospital is located in San Luis Obispo County, which is in the 

Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Therefore, the petition should have 

been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the 

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

the Central District of California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and 2241(d).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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