Gentle v. Foulk

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 12/19/13 ordering CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ANTOINE MARQUISE GENTLE,

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No. 2:13-cv-2556 KJN P

Petitioner,
v.

ORDER

F. FOULK, Warden,

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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.
The application attacks a conviction issued by the Sonoma County Superior Court. While

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both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted

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have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all

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witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily

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available in Sonoma County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is

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

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Dated: December 19, 2013

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gent2556.108