Cates
(HC) Aguilar v. Cates
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MIGUEL C. AGUILAR, Case No. 1:21-cv-00752-HBK Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
v. (Doc. No. 1) B. CATES, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is proceeding on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated in Kern County, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of this court’s Fresno Division, challenges his April 20, 2017 state sentence and conviction entered by the Superior Court of San Diego, which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the San Diego Division of the United States District Court for the Southern 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. Therefore, both the Southern District of California and the Eastern District of California have concurrent jurisdiction. …