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Parties Involved:
William Brown
Plaintiff
Monterey Superior Court
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM BROWN,

Petitioner,

v.

MONTEREY SUPERIOR COURT,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-07169-DMR (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This action was opened on December 15, 2016, when the court received from Petitioner a 

document entitled, “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.” Dkt. 1. In his “Notice to Court” filed 

on December 30, 2016, Petitioner explains that this action was opened in error because his petition 

was filed in the wrong court. Dkt. 3 at 2. The petition apparently was intended to be filed in the

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rather than this court. Id. Thus, Petitioner 

requests that this court dismiss the instant action as opened in error and forward the petition to the 

Ninth Circuit for review.

Based on the foregoing, this court concludes that the petition was not intended to be filed 

in this court and was instead intended to be filed in the Ninth Circuit. Accordingly, this action is 

DISMISSED without prejudice because it was filed in the wrong court.

The Clerk of the Court shall send the original petition and its attachments to the Ninth 

Circuit for filing in that court. Prior to sending the petition, the Clerk shall substitute “United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit” as the caption on the top of page one of the petition, 

which currently states “United States District Court Northern District of California.” The Clerk 

shall also send a copy of this Order and Petitioner’s “Notice to Court” (dkt. 3) to the Ninth Circuit

to explain why the petition is being redirected to that court. 

No filing fee is due. The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 27, 2017 

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM BROWN,

Plaintiff,

v.

MONTEREY SUPERIOR COURT,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:16-cv-07169-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 27, 2017, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

William Brown ID: AS7822

P.O. Box 3030

Susanville, CA 96127 

Dated: January 27, 2017

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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