Melvin Joseph Simmons v. Kathleen Allison

Case 2:22-cv-06946-TJH-E Document Filed 09/26/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN JOSEPH SIMMONS, Case No. 1:22-cv-01031-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. (Doc. No. 1) KATHLEEN ALLISON, ET. AL., Respondents. 16 17 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 18 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). To the extent discernable, Petitioner challenges his state sentence 19 and conviction entered by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in case number A917709. 20 (Id. at 4). Los Angeles County is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the Western 21 Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 22 Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the 23 petitioner was convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); 24 Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 428 (2004). However, “[f]or the…