(HC) Houston v. Monterey County Jail
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY XAVIER HOUSTON, 1:21-cv-00956-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
v. THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA
MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL,
Respondent.
Petitioner initiated this action by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 18 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner is currently incarcerated in Kern County, which is 19 located within the jurisdiction and venue of this court’s Fresno Division. However, Petitioner 20 was convicted in the Monterey County Superior Court which is located within the jurisdiction and 21 venue the San Jose Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of 22 California. Although filed as a § 2241 petition, Petitioner appears to challenge the conditions of his confinement while he was a pretrial detainee held in the Monterey County Jail. (See generally Doc. No. 1). Petitioner does not identify what, if any relief,…