Lupercio v. Mendoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMON NAVARRO LUPERCIO, Case No. 21-03126 NC (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER OF TRANSFER v.

MACARIO MENDOZA,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his state conviction from the Superior Court of Tulare County. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, petitions challenging a conviction or sentence are preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, because petitioner challenges a conviction from Tulare County, the Eastern District of California is the district of conviction.

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Clerk shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 14, 2021

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge