Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 BYRON H.E., Case No. 24-cv-00564-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE PETITION FOR WRIT OF

HABEAS CORPUS

MOISES BECERRA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.

13 Petitioner Byron H.E. filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging his confinement at Golden State Annex (“GSA”), a private detention facility located in McFarland, California. Dkt. No. 1. Respondents contend that this Court lacks jurisdiction over Mr. H.E.’s petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, arguing that Mr. H.E. must name the GSA Facility Administrator (i.e., warden) as respondent and must file his petition in the Eastern District of California, where he is confined. The matter is fully briefed. For the reasons discussed below, the Court dismisses the petition without prejudice to re-filing it in the Eastern District of California.1 I. BACKGROUND Petitioner Byron H.E. is a citizen of…