Jordan v. Grounds
Filing
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ORDER of Transfer. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 12/18/2012. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service). (emcsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/18/2012)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MAURICE JORDAN,
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Petitioner,
v.
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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No. C-12-6223 EMC (pr)
R. T. C. GROUNDS, Warden,
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ORDER OF TRANSFER
Respondent.
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Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his conviction from the
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Solano County Superior Court. Solano County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of
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California. Petitioner is confined at the Salinas Valley State Prison in Kern County, within the
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venue of the Northern District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district
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of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), although a petition challenging a
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conviction or the sentence imposed is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See N. D. Cal.
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Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). Here, the preferred venue is the Eastern District of California because
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petitioner was convicted in that district. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-
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3(b), and in the interests of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District
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Court for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: December 18, 2012
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EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge
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