Bonner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THADDEUS KEITH BONNER, Case No. 20-cv-06205 NC (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSFER v. P. COVELLO, Respondent.

16 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison and proceeding pro se, seeks federal habeas review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Dkt. No. 1 at 1. In the underlying federal habeas petition, Petitioner challenges prison conditions which puts him at a substantial risk of serious harm and death due to COVID-19. See id at 6. Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of conviction or the district of confinement. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). But the district of confinement is the preferable forum to review the execution of a sentence. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Because Mule Creek State Prison is located in Ione, California, which lies within the Eastern District of California, the Court orders that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and Habeas Local…