Joao Alexandres Dos Reis Franco v. Craig Meyer, et al.

Summary

The parties stipulate to transfer a habeas petition from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to the Eastern District of California based on the petitioner’s district of confinement. The proposed order grants the transfer and directs the Clerk of Court to transmit the case file.

Holdings

1. Jurisdiction over the petition lies in the Eastern District of California rather than the Northern District of California.
2. The matter must be transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and the Clerk must transfer the file.

Questions Presented

1. Whether jurisdiction over the habeas petition lay in the Eastern District of California rather than the Northern District of California.
2. Whether the case should be transferred to the Eastern District of California.

Disposition

other