Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, Case No. 21-07646 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. § 2254, challenging the retroactive application of the “SVPA” (Sexually Violent Predator Act). Dkt. No. 1. 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 chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction or sentencing. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). But if the petition challenges the manner in which a sentence is being executed, e.g., if it involves parole or time credits claims, the…