Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, Case No. 21-07661 EJD (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSER v.

BRANDON PRICE, Respondent.

17 Petitioner, a state patient at the Coalinga State Hospital, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the retroactive application of the “SVPA” (Sexually Violent Predator Act). Dkt. No. 1. Coalinga State Hospital lies in Fresno County, which is within the jurisdiction of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Section 2241 allows “the Supreme Court, any justice thereof, the district courts and any circuit judge” to grant writs of habeas corpus “within their respective jurisdictions.” 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a). A federal court may not entertain an action over which it has no jurisdiction. Hernandez v. Campbell, 204 F.3d 861, 865 (9th Cir. 2000) (per curiam). Motions contesting the legality of a federal conviction or sentence must…