1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 EUGENE L. PRICE, Case No. 25-cv-01238-TSH 8 Petitioner, 9 v. ORDER OF TRANSFER 10 THE PEOPLE, 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

, 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.

(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,

(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

(a). The Clerk is directed to close this case. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 26 || Dated: February 11, 2025 . 27 TAN ° | Hh f— THOMAS S. HIXSON 28 United States Magistrate Judge