Young v. Grounds

Filing 10

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE to Central District of California. Signed by Judge Nandor Vadas on 4/23/2015. (njvlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/23/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUREKA DIVISION

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VINCENT LYNDEN YOUNG,
Petitioner,

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vs.

ORDER OF TRANSFER

WARDEN RANDY GROUNDS,
Respondent.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C 15-0872 NJV (PR)

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This is a habeas corpus petition filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner seeks to

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challenge a conviction obtained in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Los Angeles

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County is in the venue of the United States District Court for the Central District of

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California. Petitioner is incarcerated in this district

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Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district

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of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Because petitions challenging a conviction are

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preferably heard in the district of conviction, Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.

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Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968), and petitioner was convicted in the Central District, this

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case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of

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California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b).1

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 23, 2015.
NANDOR J. VADAS
United States Magistrate Judge

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Petitioner was convicted in 1996. A habeas petition in the Central District was already
denied for this same conviction and the Ninth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability. See
Young v. Sullivan, 2:04-cv-4968 DT-CT. It appears that this petition is successive.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUREKA DIVISION

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VINCENT LYNDEN YOUNG,

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Petitioner,
v.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

WARDEN RANDY GROUNDS,
Respondent.
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. 1:15-CV-0872 NJV

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on April 23, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy
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of the attached, by placing said copy in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) listed
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below, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail.
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Vincent Lynden Young
K49033
Salinas Valley State Prison
B1-147
P.O. Box 1050
Soledad, CA 93960

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Linn Van Meter
Administrative Law Clerk to
the Honorable Nandor J. Vadas

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