Frelimo
Frelimo v. BHP Members
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OBA LEE FRELIMO, Case No. 21-cv-00282-YGR (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSFER
v.
10 JEFF LYNCH, Acting Warden,1 Respondent.
Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the most recent decision at his Board of Parole Hearing “Youth Offender hearing on Dec. 15, 2020” where he was “illegally denied release from prison.” Dkt. 1 at 5-6. He has not filed an in forma pauperis application. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner in a State that contains two or more federal judicial districts may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed, however, may transfer the petition to the other district in the furtherance of justice. See id. Federal courts in California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the district of conviction. …