(HC) Mendez v. Warden

• Court: District Court, E.D. California
• Decided: June 12, 2025
• Docket: 1:25-cv-00716
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 REYMUNDO JOSE MENDEZ, Jr., No. 2:25-cv-1433 SCR P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 WARDEN, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of 18 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or submitted a 19 request to proceed in forma pauperis. In his application, petitioner challenges the execution of his 20 sentence. As a general rule, “[t]he proper forum to challenge the execution of a sentence is the 21 district where the prisoner is confined.” Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). 22 Petitioner is incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota, which lies in Fresno 23 County and is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern 24 District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). 25 Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 26 division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the 27 court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. 28 //// ] Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 3 | California sitting in Fresno; and 4 2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 5 || filed at: United States District Court 6 Eastern District of California 2500 Tulare Street 7 Fresno, CA 93721 8 | DATED: June 12, 2025 fonrfob 10 SEAN C. RIORDAN 11 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28