Harsin
Harsin v. Hill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JASON SCOTT HARSIN, Case No. 19-cv-07018-JST g Petitioner,
ORDER OF TRANSFER
v. RICK HILL, ll Respondent.
Petitioner, a state prisoner at Folsom State Prison in Represa, California has filed a petition 14 || fora writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a conviction obtained in || the Shasta County Superior Court. Shasta County is in the venue of the United States District a 16 || Court for the Eastern District of California. Petitioner is also incarcerated in that district. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear 19 || petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. Dannenberg v. Ingle, || 831 F.Supp. 767, 767 (N.D.Cal.1993); Habeas L.R. 2254—3(a). Here, petitioner was convicted in, || and is confined in, the Eastern…