Pena v. Sisto

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds on 4/1/09 ORDERING that this case is TRANSFERRED to the Northern District of California. CASE CLOSED(Dillon, M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 vs. D.K. SISTO, Respondent. / Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis. The application attacks a conviction issued by the Mendocino County Superior Court. While both this Court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner's application are more readily available in Mendocino County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). ///// ///// ///// 1 ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA PASTOR MADERO PENA, Petitioner, No. 2:09-cv-0811 JFM (HC)

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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. DATED: April 1, 2009.

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