Apodaca
Apodaca v. Smith
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 James APODACA, Case No.: 24-cv-0634-AGS-MSB
Petitioner,
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE
v. Stephen SMITH, Respondent. 9 Petitioner, a pro se state inmate, filed a habeas corpus petition challenging a 10 conviction in the Superior Court for Ventura County, California. (ECF 1, at 1.) The Court 11 finds that this case should be transferred. 12 A petition for writ of habeas corpus “may be filed in the district court for the district” 13 where the petitioner “is in custody” or was “convicted and sentenced.” 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 14 Petitioner is presently confined at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Fresno County, 15 California, which is located in the Eastern District of California. (ECF 1, at 1); 28 U.S.C. 16 § 84(b). And he was convicted and sentenced in Ventura County Superior Court, which 17 falls within the Western Division of the Central District of California. (ECF 1, at 1); 18 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). Thus, the Eastern and Central Districts “have concurrent jurisdiction 19…