Getsinger v. Hageman et al

Filing 10

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE. Signed by Judge Jeremy Fogel on 5/5/11. (dlm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/19/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NOT FOR CITATION 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 CHARLES R. GETSINGER, 12 Petitioner, 13 vs. 14 15 16 HARRY HAGEMAN, et al., Respondents. No. C 11-01143 JF (PR) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ORDER OF TRANSFER 17 18 Petitioner, a parolee proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his sentence. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 20 According to the petition, Petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to life 21 in the State of New Jersey in January 1976. (Pet. at 2.) In January 1989, he was released 22 on parole and transferred to California under “interstate parole.” (Id.) Petitioner claims 23 he was given a term of 21 years with supervision, with a discharge date of January 2010. 24 (Id.) When he began inquiring about his discharge papers in January 2010, he was told 25 that a mistake had been made, and that his new discharge date was January 2099. (Id.) 26 Petitioner was told that the change came from New Jersey. (Id.) Petitioner seeks 27 cessation of parole supervision. (Id. at 1.) 28 Petitions challenging a conviction are preferably heard in the district of conviction. Order of Transfer P:\PRO-SE\SJ.JF\HC.11\01143Getsinger_transfer.wpd 1 1 See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968); cf. 2 Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989) (district of confinement best forum 3 to review execution of sentence). Although Petitioner resides in Fremont, California, he 4 is serving a sentence for a conviction out of the State of New Jersey, which is not within 5 the habeas jurisdiction of this Court. Furthermore, Petitioner is challenging an allegedly 6 unlawful change in his discharge date that was made by the State of New Jersey. 7 Accordingly, the Court finds that the United States District Court for New Jersey is the 8 more appropriate venue for this action. This case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the 9 United States District Court for New Jersey. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 110, 1404(a); Habeas L.R. 10 2254-3(b)(1). The Clerk shall transfer the entire file to the United States District Court for New 11 12 13 14 Jersey. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: 5/5/11 JEREMY FOGEL United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Order of Transfer P:\PRO-SE\SJ.JF\HC.11\01143Getsinger_transfer.wpd 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CHARLES R GETSINGER III, Case Number: CV11-01143 JF Petitioner, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE v. HARRY HAGEMAN, et al., Respondents. / I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. 5/19/11 That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office. Charles R. Getsinger 41060 High Street Suite B Fremont, CA 94538 Dated: 5/19/11 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

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