Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HIPOLITO D. MORALES, Case No. 1:21-cv-01521-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA,

v. EASTERN DIVISION B. CATES, (Doc. No. 1) Respondent.

17 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner, a state prisoner is incarcerated in Kern County, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of this Court. Petitioner challenges his October 7, 2015 21 state sentence and conviction entered by the Superior Court of Riverside County, which is located 22 within the jurisdiction and venue of the Eastern Division of the United States District Court for 23 the Central District of California.1 24 Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was 25 convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Central District of 27 1 The…