UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOEY R. RUIZ, 11 Case No. 20-08594 EJD (PR) Petitioner, 12 ORDER OF TRANSER v.

WARDEN, Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. No. 1. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction or sentencing. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). According to the petition, Petitioner was convicted in Kings County, Dkt. No. 1 at 1, which lies within the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Petitioner is currently confined at Deuel Vocational Institution in San Joaquin County which is also within the Eastern District. Id. Therefore, the venue for this action is in that 1 TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 2 || See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1). 3 The Clerk shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the 4 || Eastern District of California. 5 IT IS SO ORDERED.

7 EDWARD J. DAVILA United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12

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