Ramirez

MEMORANDUM **

Raul Ramirez appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition, challenging his guilty-plea conviction of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Ramirez contends that the district court erred in faffing to construe his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 as a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion and transfer it pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to the District of Nevada. We disagree.

The district court based its determination, in part, on its finding that it was not clear that the 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion was filed within the one-year statute of limitations. The district court was required, however, to make a determination of whether the motion was actually timely as part of its considerations under § 1631. See Taylor v. Social Sec. Admin., 842 F.2d 232, 233 (9th Cir.1988) (in determining whether “to transfer an action pursuant to *714 section 1681, the district court must consider whether the action would have been timely if it had been filed in the proper forum on the date filed”).

Even if the district court erred by not making this…