(HC) Price v. The People

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 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 || 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 || 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 || 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, 767-68 (N.D. Cal. 1993). Here, 21 Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C.§ || 84(b). 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 is directed to close this case.

24 IT IS SO ORDERED.

26 || Dated: February 11, 2025 .

27 TAN ° | Hh f— THOMAS S. HIXSON 28 United States Magistrate Judge