(a) Clerk's Offices; Place of Filing. Offices of the Clerk are maintained at
Phoenix and at Tucson. All files and records of the Phoenix and Prescott divisions shall
be kept at Phoenix, and all files and records of the Tucson division shall be kept at
Tucson. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all filings for the Phoenix and Prescott
divisions shall be made in Phoenix, and all filings for the Tucson division shall be made
in Tucson. In cases where the cause of action has arisen in more than one county, the
plaintiff may elect any of the divisions appropriate to those counties for filing and trial
purposes, although the Court reserves the right to assign any cases for trial elsewhere in
the District at its discretion.
(b) Writs of Habeas Corpus. Notwithstanding the requirements of Rule
77.1(c) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure, petitions for writs of habeas corpus
brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by a person in State custody must be filed in the division
which includes the County in which the judgment of conviction was entered, and not
necessarily in the division where the person is presently held in custody.
