Weger v. Sherman

Full title: PHIL ROGER WEGER, Petitioner, v. STU SHERMAN, et al., Respondents.

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

Date published: Sep 14, 2015

2:15-cv-1923-EFB P (E.D. Cal. Sep. 14, 2015)

Opinion

PHIL ROGER WEGER, Petitioner, v. STU SHERMAN, et al., Respondents. No. 2:15-cv-1923-EFB P United States District Court, E.D. California. September 14, 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 judgment of conviction imposed by the Merced County Superior Court. Merced 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: