Soliz v. Tehama County Superior Court

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ORDER OF TRANSFER. Case transferred to Eastern District of California. Signed by Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte on 8/18/2016. (afmS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/18/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RUBEN SOLIZ,

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Case No. 16-cv-04297 EDL (PR)

Petitioner,

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ORDER OF TRANSFER

v.

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ERIC ARNOLD, Warden,

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Respondent.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a federal petition for writ of habeas

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corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction obtained in the Superior Court of

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Tehama County.1 Tehama County is located within the venue of the United States District Court

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for the Eastern District of California. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of

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confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Because petitions challenging

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

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Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968), and petitioner was convicted in Tehama County,

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this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: August 18, 2016
ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Petitioner has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. See Dkt. No. 5.

Case No. 16-cv-04297 EDL (PR)
ORDER OF TRANSFER

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