Jones
Jones v. Atchley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 RONNIE JONES, G35507, Case No. 22-cv-01681-SK (PR) Petitioner, y. ORDER OF TRANSFER M. ATCHLEY, Warden, Respondent. Petitioner seeks federal habeas review of a sentence from San Diego County Superior Court, which lies within the venue of the Southern District of California. See 28 U.S.C.§ 84(d). || Petitioner is incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, which lies within the S venue of the Northern District of California. See id. § 84(a). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of || conviction and sentencing, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction 17. || and/or sentence (as opposed to petitions challenging the execution of a sentence) preferably are || heard in the district of conviction and sentencing. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(a); Dannenberg v. || Ingle, 831 F. Supp. 767, 767…