Maurice Griffin v. Jeff Macomber

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 MAURICE GRIFFIN, Case No. 25-cv-08498-HSG 8 Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSFER 9 Vv.

10 JEFF MACOMBER, 11 Respondent.

13 Petitioner, a parolee currently living in Walnut Creek, California, has filed this pro se || action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§ 2241, challenging his 2019 15 sentence. See generally ECF No. 1. Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in San Diego County, a 16 || which is in the Southern District of California. /d. Petitioner currently resides in the Northern 17 || District of California. Jd. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement || or the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, a petition challenging the sentence || imposed is preferably heard in the district of conviction and sentencing. See N.D. Cal. Habeas 20 L.R. 2254-3(b); see also Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767-68 (N.D. Cal. 1993).

21 Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Southern District of California. See 28 U.S.C.§ || 84(b). Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the 23 Southern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Clerk is directed to close this case.

24 IT IS SO ORDERED.

25 || Dated: 10/14/2025 26 Abaiprerel § HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 27 United States District Judge