(HC) Gonzalez v. St. Andre

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JOSE A. GONZALEZ, Case No. 24-cv-00728-JST g Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSFER 9 v. 10 ROB ST. ANDRE, Warden ll Respondent.

13 Petitioner, an inmate housed at High Desert State Prison, in Susanville, California has filed || this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his 15 || conviction for first-degree murder and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily a 16 || injury or death. See generally ECF No. 1. Petitioner’s conviction was obtained in Solano County 17 and he is incarcerated in Lassen County, both of which lie within the Eastern District of || California. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district || of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). A petition challenging a conviction or the sentence imposed || is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See N.D. Cal. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b); see also || Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F.Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993). Here, Petitioner was convicted and 22 sentenced, and is currently confined, in the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b).

23 || Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern 24 District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Clerk is directed to close this case.

25 IT IS SO ORDERED.

26 Dated: March 14, 2024 . .

27 JON S. TIGAR 28 nited States District Judge