Rafael A. Mejia v. Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAFAEL A. MEJIA, Case No. 1:21-cv-00183-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

v. THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA (Doc. No. 1)

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,

15 Respondent.

17 Petitioner Rafael A. Mejia is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated in Kern County, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of this court’s Fresno Division, challenges his state sentence and conviction entered by the Superior Court of Los Angeles, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the…