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Parties Involved:
Ronald Wilson Prater
Petitioner
Solano County Jail
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD WILSON PRATER, 

Petitioner,

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SOLANO COUNTY JAIL,

Respondent. 

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No. C 10-2129 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a pretrial detainee at the Solano County Jail facing state criminal

charges in Solano County Superior Court, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus

challenging the criminal proceedings against him. The County of Solano lies within the

venue of the Eastern District of California, however. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

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

district of conviction (or, in this case, district where criminal trial is to be held). See 28

U.S.C. § 2241(d). 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: May 21, 2010 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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