(HC) Torres-Hurtado v. USP Lompoc Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE TORRES-HURTADO, Case No. 1:23-cv-00040-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

WESTERN DIVISION OF THE CENTRAL

v. DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA USP LOMPOC WARDEN, JOHN DOE, (Doc. No. 1) Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a federal inmate, initiated this action while incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California, by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging miscalculation by the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) in the execution of his sentence. (Doc. No. 1 at 2, 4). The Court TRANSFERS this petition to 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 428 (2004). However, “[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district…