Courts v. United States District Court for Eastern District

Filing 2

ORDER TRANSFERRING Case to the Northern District of California, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 5/9/17. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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RENE COURTS,

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Case No. 1:17-cv-00594-EPG-HC

Petitioner,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
EASTERN DISTRICT,
Respondent.
Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
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When a prisoner files a state habeas petition in a state that contains two or more federal

20 judicial districts, the petition may be filed in either the judicial district in which the petitioner is
21 presently confined or the judicial district in which he was convicted and sentenced. See 28
22 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004) (quoting Carbo v. United
23 States, 364 U.S. 611, 618, 81 S. Ct. 338, 5 L. Ed. 2d 329 (1961)). Petitions challenging the
24 execution of a sentence are preferably heard in the district where the inmate is confined. See
25 Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Petitions challenging convictions or
26 sentences are preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp.
27 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Section 2241 further states that, rather than dismissing an improperly
28 filed action, a district court, “in the exercise of its discretion and in furtherance of justice[,] may

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1 transfer” the habeas petition to another federal district for hearing and determination. Id.; see also
2 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (court may transfer any civil action “to any other district or division where it
3 might have been brought” for convenience of parties or “in the interest of justice”).
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Here, Petitioner’s claims relate to his conviction and sentence that occurred in the San

5 Mateo County Superior Court, and therefore, venue is proper in the district of conviction, which
6 is the Northern District of California. Therefore, this action will be transferred.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United

8 States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

May 9, 2017

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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