FILED Nov 18 2021 1 2 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD PRENDEZ, Case No. 21-cv-08245-TSH Petitioner, v. ORDER OF TRANSFER SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE, Respondent.

13 Petitioner is currently incarcerated at Salt Creek Camp in Paskenta, California, and is 14 || challenging his conviction from Riverside County Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1 at 2. Paskenta is 3 15 || located in Tehama County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. 2 16 || Riverside County lies within the venue of the Central District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(b)-(c). i 17 || Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of Zz 18 || 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. See Dannenberg v. || Jngle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, Petitioner’s conviction was obtained in the Central District of California. Venue || therefore properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, || this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of || California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). || // || // || // || //

] The Clerk shall transfer the file herewith. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 Dated: 11/18/2021 4 TAN. THOMAS S. HIXSON United States Magistrate Judge

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