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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE A. GONZALEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

ROB ST. ANDRE, Warden

Respondent.

Case No. 24-cv-00728-JST 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, an inmate housed at High Desert State Prison, in Susanville, California has filed 

this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his 

conviction for first-degree murder and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily 

injury or death. See generally ECF No. 1. Petitioner’s conviction was obtained in Solano County 

and he is incarcerated in Lassen County, both of which lie within the Eastern District of 

California. Venue for a habeas action is proper in either the district of confinement or the district 

of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). A petition challenging a conviction or the sentence imposed 

is preferably heard in the district of conviction. See N.D. Cal. Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b); see also 

Dannenberg v. Ingle, 831 F.Supp. 767, 768 (N.D. Cal. 1993). Here, Petitioner was convicted and 

sentenced, and is currently confined, in the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Clerk is directed to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2024

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

Case 2:24-cv-00810-DC-AC Document 5 Filed 03/14/24 Page 1 of 1