(HC) Lewis v. The People of the State of CA

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 JOEL LADON LEWIS, AD05835, Case No. 22-cv-04205-SK (PR) Petitioner, y. ORDER OF TRANSFER THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT FOR

THE COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, Respondent. Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a conviction from San Joaquin County Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. $ 84(b). || Petitioner is incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, which lies within the S venue of the Northern District of California. See id. § 84(a). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of a conviction, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction (rather than the

execution of a sentence) preferably are heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254- 3(a); Dannenberg v.…