Anthony Ray Ramirez v. M.E. Spearman

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 06/21/16 ordering this court has not ruled on petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis. CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. (Plummer, M) [Transferred from California Eastern on 6/24/2016.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ANTHONY RAY RAMIREZ

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No. 2:16-CV-1298 GGH HC

Petitioner,
v.

ORDER

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M.E. SPEARMAN, Warden,
Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas
corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis.
The application attacks a conviction issued by the County of San Bernardino (Central

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District of California). While both this court and the United States District Court in the district

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where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410

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U.S. 484 (1973), any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s

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application are more readily available in San Bernardino County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. §

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2241(d).

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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and

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2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of

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District of California.

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Dated: June 21, 2016

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/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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