Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 REYMUNDO JOSE MENDEZ, Jr., No. 2:25-cv-1433 SCR P Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or submitted a request to proceed in forma pauperis. In his application, petitioner challenges the execution of his sentence. As a general rule, “[t]he proper forum to challenge the execution of a sentence is the district where the prisoner is confined.” Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Petitioner is incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota, which lies in Fresno County and is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper division of a court may, on the…