Opinion
23-cv-03556-LB
09-29-2023
DAVID ALONZO LOPEZ-ALVARENGA, Petitioner, v. FIELD DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et al., Respondents.
ORDER OF TRANSFER
LAUREL BEELER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention by immigration authorities without a bond hearing. Petitioner is detained in Kern County, which lies within the Eastern District of California. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), although 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). The preferred venue for this action is the Eastern District of California because Petitioner is detained in that District. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b), and in the interests of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.
IT IS SO ORDERED.