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Parties Involved:
Audrey King
Respondent
Jaffar Y. Oliver
Petitioner

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAFFAR Y. OLIVER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

AUDREY KING, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 16-cv-03800-MEJ (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Petitioner has filed a form habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. It appears from the 

petition that he has been civilly committed to Coalinga State Hospital in Coalinga, California, 

under California’s Sexual Violent Predator Act (“SVPA”). See Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code 6600, et 

seq. 

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 petition indicates that the commitment proceedings are in 

Solano County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California, and petitioner is 

confined in Fresno County, which is also in the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. 84(b). 

Accordingly, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of 

justice, this petition is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District 

of California. 

The Clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES 

United States Magistrate Judge 

July 20, 2016

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