SHOVE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 THEODORE SHOVE, G11092, Case No. 23-cv-00552-CRB (PR) Petitioner, v. ORDER OF TRANSFER STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Respondent(s). Petitioner, a California state prisoner on death row at San Quentin State Prison (SQSP) || pursuant to a 2008 judgement from Los Angeles County Superior Court, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging his state conviction and sentence. The District of Columbia transferred the case to this court 13. || pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d) because petitioner is confined at SQSP in Marin County, which S || lies within the venue of the Northern District of California, id. § 84(a). Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of || conviction, id. § 2241(d); however, petitions challenging a conviction and/or sentence (rather than || the…