Velasquez v. Sherman

Full title: ANDREW FRANCISCO VELASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. STU SHERMAN, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Sep 28, 2015

2:15-cv-2018-EFB P (E.D. Cal. Sep. 28, 2015)

Opinion

ANDREW FRANCISCO VELASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. STU SHERMAN, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-2018-EFB P United States District Court, E.D. California. September 28, 2015

          ORDER

          EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a conviction imposed by the Tulare County Superior Court. Tulare County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, which is where petitioner should have commenced this action. See E.D. Cal., Local Rule 120(d). When a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a court, the court may transfer the action to the proper division. See E.D. Cal., Local Rule 120(f).

         Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

         1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno.

         2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

         3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: