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5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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8 GONZALO R. GONZALES, ) No. C 07-3907 JSW (PR)
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9 Petitioner, )
) ORDER OF TRANSFER
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11 R. J. SUBIA, Warden, )
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12 Respondent. )
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14 Petitioner is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison,
15 located in Ione, California, within the venue of the United States District Court for the
16 Eastern District of California. On July 30, 2007, Petitioner filed this petition regarding
17 his parole hearing before the Board of Prison Terms. The Court notes that Petitioner
18 also filed an earlier petition in this district under case number C 07-3840 JSW (PR),
19 which was previously transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern
20 District of California. Petitioner has paid the filing fee on this petition.
21 A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the
22 judgment and sentence of a state court of a state which contains two or more federal
23 judicial districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of
24 conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Each of such districts shall have concurrent
25 jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the district court for the district where the
26 petition is filed may transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice.
27 See id. However, if the petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being
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the preferable forum. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249

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2 Petitioner’s claims are directed to the execution of sentence, in that they involve

3 the failure of the Board to find Petitioner suitable for parole. Therefore, this Court will

4 transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

5 California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28

6 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court

7 for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter

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9 IT IS SO ORDERED.
10 DATED:August 8, 2007
11 JEFFREY S. WHITE
United States District Judge
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GONZALO R. GONZALES,
6 Case Number: CV07-03907 JSW
Plaintiff,
7 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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R.J. SUBIA et al,
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10 Defendant.
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12 I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District
Court, Northern District of California.
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That on August 8, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said
14 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
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Gonzalo R. Gonzales
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M.C.S.P.
19 P.O. Box 409020
Ione, CA 95640
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Dated: August 8, 2007
21 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk
By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk
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