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Parties Involved:
William Rouser
Petitioner
State of California
Respondent

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Order of Transfer

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM ROUSER,

Petitioner,

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Respondent.

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No. C 10-3470 LHK (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254 on August 9, 2010. Petitioner seeks habeas relief from his underlying criminal

conviction and sentence from the Superior Court of California in Sacramento, which lies in the

Eastern District of California. 

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

conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction or sentence are

preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.

Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, the Eastern District of California is the district of

conviction.

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California, the district of Petitioner’s conviction at issue in this petition. See

28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). The Clerk shall terminate any pending motions

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and transfer the entire file to the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _____8/26/2010__________ LUCY H. KOH 

United States District Judge

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