(HC) Griffin v. People of State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DEXTER L. GRIFFIN,
Case No. 20-07539 EJD (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSER v.
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CA, Respondent.
17 Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. No. 5. Petitioner previously filed a habeas action which was transferred to the Eastern District of California as the proper forum. See Griffin v. People of the State of CA, Case No. 19-7698 EJD (PR) (Dkt. No. 14). In this matter, Petitioner is currently confined at Coalinga State Hospital, and appears to be raising new claims challenging his underlying conviction. Dkt. No. 5 at 1, 5-6. 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
27 1 At the time he filed the earlier habeas action, Petitioner was confined at Coalinga State 1…