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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN SIMMONS, JR., Case No. 1:22-cv-01243-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. (Doc. No. 1) KATHLEEN ALLISON, ET. AL., Respondents. 16 17 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 18 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner challenges his state sentence and conviction entered by 19 the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in case number A917709. (Id. at 1, 5). Los Angeles 20 County is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the Western Division of the United States 21 District Court for the Central District of California. 22 Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the 23 petitioner was convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); 24 Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 428 (2004). However, “[f]or the convenience of parties and 25 witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil…