Grant v. Grounds

Filing 3

ORDER OF TRANSFER. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 5/3/11. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service)(nah, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/3/2011) [Transferred from cand on 5/5/2011.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BOBBY GRANT,
Petitioner,

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v.

ORDER OF TRANSFER

ANTHONY HEDGPETH, Warden,
Respondent.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

No. C 11-1904 PJH (PR)

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This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner seeks to challenge a

13 conviction obtained in the Superior Court in and for Sacramento County. Sacramento
14 County is in the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
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Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district

17 of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction are
18 preferably heard in the district of conviction. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.
19 Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968).
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Because petitioner was convicted in Sacramento County, this case is

21 TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
22 See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

24 Dated: May 3, 2011.
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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON
United States District Judge