Willie H. Knox v. Ralph Diaz

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE H. KNOX, Case No. 22-cv-00668-NC (PR) Petitioner,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

v. RALPH DIAZ, Warden, Respondent. Petitioner, a state prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks resentencing from a sentence issued by the Superior Court of Orange County. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, petitions challenging a conviction or sentence are preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, because petitioner challenges a conviction from Orange County, the Central District of California is the district of conviction. Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central…