Williams v. Valenzuela

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 1/22/2015 TRANSFERRING this matter to the USDC for the Central District of California. CASE CLOSED. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONALD B. WILLIAMS,

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Petitioner,

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No. 2:15-cv-0063 CKD P

v.

ORDER

E. VALENZUELA,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas

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corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or submitted a request

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to proceed in forma pauperis.
Petitioner is incarcerated in California Men’s Colony and was convicted in Los Angeles

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County. Both California Men’s Colony and Los Angeles County are in an area embraced by the

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United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241(d), courts in both the district of conviction and the district of

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confinement have concurrent jurisdiction over applications for habeas corpus filed by state

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prisoners. Because petitioner was not convicted in this district, and is not presently confined

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here, this court does not have jurisdiction to entertain the application.

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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is

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transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 28 U.S.C.

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§2241(d); 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

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Dated: January 22, 2015

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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