Jose Antonio Rojas Barriga v. B. Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE ANTONIO ROJAS BARRIGA, Case No. 1:21-cv-01366-HBK Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. (Doc. No. 1) B. CATES, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 17 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner is a prisoner incarcerated in Kern County, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of this Court. Petitioner challenges his May 6, 2016 state sentence and conviction entered by the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County, which is 21 located within the jurisdiction and venue of the Western Division of the United States District 22 Court for the Central District of California.1 23 Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the 24 petitioner was convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. Therefore, both the Central 25 District of California and the Eastern District of California have concurrent jurisdiction. See 28 27…