Murphy
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LADARIUS D. MURPHY,
Case No. 24-cv-04281 EJD (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSFER v.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY COURT, Respondent.
17 Petitioner, a state prison proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his state conviction out of Sacramento County. Dkt. No. 1 at 1. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction or sentencing. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 31 F.Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F.Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Petitioner is currently confined at Pelican Bay State Prison in Del Norte County, but his conviction was out of Sacramento County. Dkt. 1 at 2. …