(HC) Carlos Arteaga v. Clark ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CARLOS ARTEAGA, Case No. 1:19-cv-01133-SAB-HC 12 Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 13 v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF 14 KEN CLARK, CALIFORNIA 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 19 When a state prisoner files a habeas petition in a state that contains two or more federal 20 judicial districts, the petition may be filed in either the judicial district in which the petitioner is 21 presently confined or the judicial district in which he was convicted and sentenced. See 28 22 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004) (quoting Carbo v. United 23 States, 364 U.S. 611, 618 (1961)). Petitions challenging the execution of a sentence are 24 preferably heard in the district where the inmate is confined. See Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 25 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Petitions challenging convictions or sentences are preferably heard in 26 the district of conviction. See Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Section 27 2241 further states that, rather than dismissing an improperly filed action, a district court, “in the 1 | federal district for hearing and determination. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) 2 | (court may transfer any civil action “to any other district or division where it might have been 3 | brought” for convenience of parties or “in the interest of justice”). 4 Here, Petitioner challenges a criminal judgment from the Los Angeles County Superior 5 | Court. Therefore, venue is proper in the district of conviction, which is the Central District of 6 | California. 7 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is TRANSFERRED to the 8 | United States District Court for the Central District of California. 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. DAM Le 11 | Dated: _August 22, 2019 _ Of UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28