Hector Ayala v. Brandon Price

Filing 2

ORDER Transferring Case to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 6/20/17. (Gonzalez, R) [Transferred from California Eastern on 6/22/2017.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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HECTOR AYALA,

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1:17-cv-00803-MJS (HC)

Petitioner,
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA

v.
BRANDON PRICE,
Respondent.

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Petitioner is a civil detainee proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas
corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2254.

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The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on

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diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant

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resides, if all defendants reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a

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substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a

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substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial

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district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action

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may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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

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district of conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The district court for the district wherein such

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an application is filed may, in the exercise of its discretion and in furtherance of justice,
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transfer the application to the other district court for hearing and determination. Id.

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It is preferable for petitions challenging a conviction or sentence to be heard in the

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district of conviction and for petitions challenging the manner in which the sentence is

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being executed to be heard in the district of confinement. Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d

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244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). In this case, it appears that Petitioner is challenging a

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conviction from San Bernardino County, which is in the Central District of California. See

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28 U.S.C. § 84. Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United States

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District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, the petition will

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be transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 28

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U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and 2241(d).
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the
United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 20, 2017

/s/

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Michael J. Seng

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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