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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOAQUIN DIAZ, Case No. 1:25-cv-00196-CDB (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO

THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE

v.

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARTIN GAMBOA, (Doc. 1) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Joaquin Diaz (“Petitioner”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1). Petitioner challenges his June 22, 2017, conviction entered by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. (Id. at 30). Los Angeles County is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the Western Division of the Central District of California. When a habeas petition is filed by a person in custody under a state court judgment, and that state contains two or more federal judicial districts—such as California—the petition may be filed in either the judicial district in which the petitioner is presently confined, or the judicial district in which he was convicted and sentenced. See 28 U.S.C.…