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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRYAN K. ESCOBAR,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF INGLEWOOD,

Respondent.

No. 2: 19-cv-0366 TLN KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the petition, petitioner appears to challenge the legality 

of his sentence. 

Petitioner is incarcerated at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, which is in San Diego 

County. Petitioner was convicted in Inglewood, California, which is in Los Angeles County. 

Therefore, both the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the 

United States District Court for the Central District of California have jurisdiction. See Braden v. 

30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973).

On March 29, 2019, petitioner filed a motion for an award of presentence custody credits 

and conduct credits. (ECF No. 6.) A habeas corpus petition seeking an award of presentence 

credits challenges the execution of the sentence. See United States v. Giddings, 740 F.2d 770, 

772 (9th Cir. 1984). The proper forum to challenge the execution of a sentence is the district 

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where the prisoner is confined. Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989).

Because jurisdiction is proper in the Southern District for challenges to the legality of 

petitioner’s sentence and the execution of his sentence, the undersigned orders this action 

transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is transferred to the 

United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 

Dated: May 14, 2019

Esco366.tra

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