Matteson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5

CHANDRA KISHOR,

Case No. 21-cv-05027-KAW (PR) Petitioner, 8 v. ORDER OF TRANSFER

GIGI MATTESON, Warden, 10 Respondent.

12 Petitioner, an inmate at California State Prison, Solano (“SOL”), in Vacaville, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking expedited release because he has underlying health conditions that make him susceptible to Covid19 and because of unsafe and inadequate Covid19 protocols at SOL. Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in the Sacramento County Superior Court. Both Sacramento County and SOL are located in the Eastern District of California. A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed may transfer the petition to the proper district…