Patterson
Patterson v. Andes
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA VESTER L. PATTERSON, ; Petitioner, Case No. 5:25-cv-02819-EJD (PR)
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WARDEN CHANCE ANDES, Respondent Petitioner, who is currently confined at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, filed || a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.§ 2241, challenging his |) confinement without an “adjudication of guilt” in state court. Dkt. No. 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, 831 F. Supp. 767, 768 || (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here,
|| Petitioner is challenging his conviction out of Los Angeles County. Dkt. No. at 2. Los Angeles…