(HC) Trammell v. City of San Francisco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
NICHOLAS KENNETH TRAMMELL, Case No. 21-00919-EJD (PR) Petitioner,
ORDER OF TRANSER
v.
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
Respondent.
17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction out of Stanislaus County. Dkt. No. 1. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction or sentencing. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, Petitioner is currently confined at the California Institution for Men in Chino, San Bernardino County, but his conviction was out of Stanislaus County. Dkt. 1 at 2. Stanislaus County lies…