(HC) Cole v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLYLE LEE COLE, Case No. 1:21-cv-00269-HBK Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. (Doc. No. 1) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated in Santa Barbara County, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenges his February 24, 2014 federal sentence and conviction entered by the Fresno Division of this Court. Here, Petitioner brings his claims under § 2241, pursuant to the savings clause of § 2255. “[A] habeas petition filed pursuant to § 2241 must be heard in the custodial court . . . even if the § 2241 petition contests the legality of a sentence by falling under the savings clause.” Hernandez v. Campbell, 204 F.3d 861, 865…