2:11-cv-01529 | C.D. Cal. | Feb 8, 2011
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA HON LAU, ) No. C 10-5690 JSW (PR) ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER OF TRANSFER vs. ) ) ) ) ) ) K. HARRINGTON, Warden, (Docket Nos. 2 & 4)
Respondents. Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, located in Delano, California. He has filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction obtained in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a state court of a state which contains two or more federal judicial districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the district court for the district where the petition is filed may transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See id. Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. See Dannenberg v. Ingle , 831 F. Supp. 767" date_filed="1993-08-30" court="N.D. Cal." case_name="Dannenberg v. Ingle">831 F. Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson , 279 F. Supp. 265" date_filed="1968-02-08" court="N.D. Cal." case_name="Laue v. Nelson">279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968).
As petitioner was convicted in Los Angeles County Superior Court, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In light of the transfer, this Court will not resolve Petitioner’s pending motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (docket nos. 2 & 4).
The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: February 8, 2011 JEFFREY S. WHITE United States District Judge 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
HON C. LAU,
Case Number: CV10-05690 JSW Plaintiff,
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
v. K.HARRINGTON et al,
Defendant. / I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. That on February 8, 2011, 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. Hon C. Lau V-15557
KVSP
P.O. Box 5104 Delano, CA 93216 Dated: February 8, 2011
Richard W. Wieking, Clerk By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk