Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILLIAM D. LAWSON JR., Case No. 25-cv-06661-SVK

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

v.

B. CATES, Defendant.

Petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition challenges the validity of Petitioner’s conviction in Butte County Superior Court. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a state court of a state which contains two or more federal judicial districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Each of such districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to entertain the petition; however, the district court for the district where the petition is filed may transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See id. Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or…