Opinion
No. C 03-4815 WHA (PR)
October 29, 2003
ORDER OF TRANSFER
Petitioner seeks to challenge a conviction obtained in the Superior Court of Solano County. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Solano County is in the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is incarcerated at High Desert State Prison, which also is in the Eastern District. Therefore venue is proper only in the Eastern District, not here.
This case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b). Because of the transfer, the Court has not ruled on petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis.
IT IS SO ORDERED.