Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 WILLIAM M. JONES, Case No. 23-cv-02143-JD Petitioner,

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v. WARREN L. MONTGOMERY, Respondent. 11 This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. Petitioner challenges the denial by || the Board of Parole Hearings of his request to advance his next parole hearing. Venue for a 14 || habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district of conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). If the petition is directed to the manner in which a sentence is being executed, e.g., if it a involves parole or time credits claims, the district of confinement is the preferable forum. See Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(2); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). Petitioner was S || convicted in Alameda County which is in this district. But the Board of Parole Hearings denial 19 || occurred at Calipatria State Prison, where petitioner is still incarcerated. That facility is in 20 ||…