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Parties Involved:
Ramiro Garza
Petitioner
Richard J. Hernandez
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMIRO GARZA,

Petitioner,

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RICHARD J. HERNANDEZ, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-3284 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated at Richard Donovan Correctional Facility in

San Diego, California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking review of 

his criminal conviction from Fresno County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern

District of California. See 28 USC § 84(c). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either

the district of conviction or the district of confinement, see id § 2241(d). However,

federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a

conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F.

Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal.

1968). 

Therefore, the Court ORDERS, pursuant to 28 USC § 1404(a) and Habeas LR

2254-3(b), and in the interest of justice, that the Clerk of the Court TRANSFER this

matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 07/15/08 _______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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