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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD JOHN ADAMS ANDREWS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00440-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. (Doc. No. 1) WARDEN, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is proceeding pro se on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner challenges his state sentence and conviction entered by the Superior Court of Santa Clara County identified as criminal docket nos. C1228874 and/or C1224366. (Id. at 5-13). Santa Clara County is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the San Jose Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d), jurisdiction is proper in the judicial district where the petitioner was convicted or where the petitioner is incarcerated. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 428 (2004). However, “[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of…