Price v. The People

Opinion

1 2 3 6 7 EUGENE L. PRICE, Case No. 25-cv-01238-TSH 8 Petitioner, 9 v. ORDER OF TRANSFER 11 Respondent.

13 Petitioner, an inmate at California State Prison - Lancaster, has filed this pro se action 14 seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his 2024 conviction. 3 15 || See generally ECF No. 1. Petitioner’s conviction was obtained in San Joaquin County, which is in 16 the Eastern District of California, and he is incarcerated in Los Angeles County, in the Southern i 17 || District of California. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or Z 18 || the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, a petition challenging a conviction or 19 the sentence imposed is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See N.D. Cal. Habeas L.R. 20 2254-3(b); see also Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767-68 (N.D. Cal. 1993). Here, 21 Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C.§ 22 84(b). Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the 23 Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Clerk is directed to close this case. 25 26 Dated: February 11, 2025 . 27 TAN ° | Hh f— THOMAS S. HIXSON 28 United States Magistrate Judge