Brown v. Johnson

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ORDER, CASE TRANSFERRED to Eastern District of Virginia, signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 12/1/2015. CASE CLOSED(Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOSEPH ANTHONY BROWN,

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1:15-cv-01730-SKO (HC)

Petitioner,

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ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

v.
B.J. JOHNSON,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to

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28 U.S.C. ' 2241

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The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity

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jurisdiction, be brought only in A(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all

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defendants reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events

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or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the

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subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if

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there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought.@ 28 U.S.C. ' 1391(b).

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In this case, the petitioner is challenging a conviction from Richmond County, which is in

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the Eastern District of Virginia. Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United

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States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In the interest of justice, a federal court

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may transfer a case filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. ' 1406(a);

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Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United

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States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:

December 1, 2015

/s/ Sheila K. Oberto
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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