Coates
Coates v. Governor of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREGORY C. COATES, Case No. 20-7781-SVK Petitioner,
ORDER OF TRANSFER
v. GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his state conviction from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Venue for a habeas petition is proper in either the district of the confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). However, petitions challenging a conviction or sentence are preferably heard in the district of conviction. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(1); Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). Here, because petitioner challenges a conviction from Riverside County, the Central District of California, Eastern Division, is the district of conviction. // // // Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the …