(HC) Musselman v. Montgomery ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER Case No. 1:21-cv-00510-HBK MUSSELMAN, 12 ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE Petitioner, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 v. (Doc. No. 1) 14 W.L. MONTGOMERY, 15 Respondent. 16 17 18 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 19 § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated in Imperial County, which is located 20 within the jurisdiction and venue of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 21 El Centro Division, challenges his December 18, 2019 state sentence and conviction entered by the 22 San Bernardino County Superior Court, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the 23 United States District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division. 24 Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner 25 was convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Southern District of 26 California and the Central District of California have concurrent jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 27 2241(d); Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 428 (2004). However, “[f]or the convenience of parties 28 and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other 1 | district or division where it might have been brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Federal courts in 2 | California generally hear petitions for writ of habeas corpus in the district of conviction. Favor v. 3 | California, No. 116-CV-01912-DAD-EPG-HC, 2017 WL 2671006, at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 21, 2017) 4 | (citing Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 5 Thus, the court finds in its discretion “and in furtherance of Justice” the petition should be 6 | transferred to the Central District of California. 28 U.S.C. $§ 1404(a), 2241(d). 7 Accordingly, 8 1. The clerk shall transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Central 9 District of California, Eastern Division; and 10 2. All future filings shall reference the new case number assigned and shall be filed at: ll United States District Court 12 Central District of California Eastern Division 13 3470 Twelfth Street 4 Riverside, CA 92501-3801 15 | IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 | Dated: __ April 1, 2021 Mote Uh. SareA Zackte HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA 18 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28