Chase v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 BENJAMIN CHASE, Case No. 21-cv-07566-JSC 8 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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10 U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS, ll Defendant.

12 This is a habeas case filed pro se by a federal prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The || petition is directed to the execution of Petitioner's sentence in that he contends that prison officials || have unlawfully failed to calculate his presentence time credits. See United States v. Giddings, 15 || 740 F.2d 770, 772 (9th Cir. 1984) (federal prisoner’s presentence time credit claim relates to the a 16 || execution of his sentence and is properly brought 28 U.S.C. § 2241).

3 17 Petitioner is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas, which lies S 18 || within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Venue is || proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 20 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, the district of confinement is the preferable forum to review the 21 execution of a sentence. Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). This petition || therefore is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. 23 IT IS SO ORDERED.

24 Dated: October 15, 2021

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ACQUELINE SCOTT CORLE 27 United States Magistrate Judge