1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WILLIE H. KNOX, Case No. 22-cv-00668-NC (PR) Petitioner, 8 ORDER OF TRANSFER v. 9 10 RALPH DIAZ, Warden, Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks resentencing from a sentence issued by the Superior Court of Orange County. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, petitions challenging a conviction or sentence are preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, because petitioner challenges a conviction from Orange County, the Central District of California is the district of conviction. 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 terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the Central District of California. IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 18, 2022 NATHANAEL M. COUSINS 27 United States Magistrate Judge