Reed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ARZURAY D. REED, Case No. 22-cv-00356-MMA (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION

v. TO UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT FOR THE CENTRAL

RAYMOND MADDEN,

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant. WESTERN DIVISION

18 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Doc. No. 1. Petitioner has not paid the $ 5.00 filing fee and has not filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Upon reviewing the petition, the Court finds that this case should be transferred in the interest of justice. A petition for writ of habeas corpus may be filed in the United States District Court of either the judicial district in which the petitioner is presently confined or the judicial district in which he was convicted and sentenced. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 497 (1973). Petitioner is presently…