(HC) Ortega v. Kings County Jail

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ORDER Directing Petitioner to Notify Court Regarding Venue, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 04/27/2021. Thirty-Day Deadline. (Maldonado, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALFREDO ORTEGA,

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Case No. 1:21-cv-00665-EPG-HC

Petitioner,

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ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO
NOTIFY COURT REGARDING VENUE

v.

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KINGS COUNTY JAIL,

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Respondent.

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On April 21, 2021, the Court received a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by

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18 Petitioner Alfredo Ortega. (ECF No. 1). Therein, Petitioner challenges his assignment to the
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19 administrative segregation unit of the Kings County Jail. (Id. at 3). Attached to the petition is a

20 copy of the administrative grievance Petitioner filed and the Sheriff’s first, second, and third
21 level responses. (Id. at 7–13).
Petitioner used a HC-001 form approved by the Judicial Council of California and listed

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23 the Superior Court of California, County of Kings in Hanford, California as the applicable court.
24 (ECF No. 1 at 1). However, the instant petition was received by this Court—the Fresno Division
25 of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Although the petition
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Page numbers refer to the ECF page numbers stamped at the top of the page.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within THIRTY (30) days from the date

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1. Notify the Court that he wishes to proceed with his habeas petition in the federal district
court; OR
2. Voluntarily dismiss the instant action so that Petitioner may file his petition and present
his claims to the Kings County Superior Court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 27, 2021

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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