Cisneros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PAUL JOHNSON, Case No. 21-cv-08882-YGR (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER OF TRANSFER

v.

T. CISNEROS, Warden, Respondent.

This case was opened when petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging, among other claims, the Board of Parole Hearing’s most recent decision on finding him unsuitable for parole and the Board’s January 7, 2021 ruling. Dkt. 1. However, it is not clear whether petitioner intends to file a civil rights action or a habeas action. In his petition form, under the “Grounds for Relief” section, aside from petitioner’s aforementioned challenge to his sentence, he also complains of alleged constitutional violations by the prison staff at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Center (“CSATF”), where he is currently incarcerated. Id. at 5-6. If this is a habeas case, it may be filed in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The…