Opinion
No. C 13-623 SI (pr)
03-28-2013
STEVEN R. SMITH, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, Respondent.
ORDER OF TRANSFER
Steven R. Smith, an inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his conviction from the El Dorado County Superior Court. El Dorado County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. The facility Smith is incarcerated at is in Monterey County, within the venue of the Northern 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); however, 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). Because the conviction occurred in the Eastern District of California, 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.
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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge