(HC) Godfrey v. Warden PBSP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA MICHAEL GODFREY, Case No. 19-cv-04582 NC (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

v. WARDEN PBSP, Respondent.

14 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Pleasant Valley State Prison and 15 proceeding pro se, seeks federal habeas review of the execution of his state sentence 16 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Dkt. No. 1 at 1. In the underlying federal habeas 17 petition, Petitioner challenges prison disciplinary proceedings which he contends deprived 18 him of six months of good-time credits. See id. 19 Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of conviction or the district 20 of confinement. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). But the district of confinement is the preferable 21 forum to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. 22 Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because Pleasant Valley State Prison is 23 located in Coalinga, California, which lies within the Eastern District of California, the 24 Court orders that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas…