Baker

Baker v. Superior Courts of California

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaFebruary 13, 20243:24-cv-00449California264 words

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 JAMAUL LEE BAKER, BE6323, Case No. 24-cv-00449-SK (PR) 6 Petitioner, 7 y. ORDER OF TRANSFER 8 CHARLES SCHUYLER, Acting Warden,! 9 Respondent. 10 Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a sentence from Sacramento County Superior 11 Court, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. $ 84(b). 12 || Petitioner is incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, which lies within the 13 venue of the Northern District of California. See id. § 84(a). 14 Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of 3 15 |} conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction/sentence (as opposed 16 || to the execution of a sentence) preferably are heard in the district of conviction/sentencing. See 3 17 Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 18 …

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