Brooks
Brooks v. People of the State California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
7 RENARD BROOKS, JR., Case No. 21-cv-06989-KAW (PR) Petitioner, v. ORDER OF TRANSFER
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
Respondent.
13 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at California State Prison - Los Angeles, has filed a 14 pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity 15 of his conviction obtained in Fresno County Superior Court. A federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by a person in custody under the judgment and sentence of a state court is properly filed in either the district of confinement or the 19 district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court where the petition is filed may 20 transfer the petition to the proper district in the furtherance of justice. Id. Federal courts in 21 California traditionally have chosen to hear petitions challenging a conviction or sentence in the 22 district of conviction. Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767 (N.D. Cal. 1993). 23 Petitioner was convicted in…