Baltazar Maldonado Quintanor v. Spearman

Filing 4

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nandor J. Vadas on 7/17/2014. (njvlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/17/2014) [Transferred from California Northern on 7/17/2014.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUREKA DIVISION

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BALTAZAR MALDONADO
QUINTADOR,

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No. C 14-2902 NJV (PR)
Petitioner,

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ORDER OF TRANSFER
vs.
WARDEN SPEARMAN,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Respondent.
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This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner challenges a
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conviction obtained in the Ventura County Superior Court in 2000. Ventura County is in the
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venue of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Petitioner is
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incarcerated in the Northern District.
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Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district
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of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Because petitions challenging a conviction are
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preferably heard in the district of conviction, Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.
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Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968), and Petitioner was convicted in Ventura County, this case
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is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: July 17, 2014.
NANDOR J. VADAS
United States Magistrate Judge

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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EUREKA DIVISION

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Petitioner,
v.
WARDEN SPEARMANl,
Respondent.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No.1:14-CV- 2902 NJV

BALTAZAR MALDONADO
QUINTADOR,

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on July 17, 2014, I served a true and correct copy of

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

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by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail.

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Baltazar Maldonado Quintanor
P-94720
Correctional Training Facility, North
RB-319
P.O. Box 705
Soledad, CA 93960-0705

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/s/ Linn Van Meter
Linn Van Meter
Administrative Law Clerk to the
Honorable Nandor J. Vadas

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