Barajas v. Frauenhiem

Filing 6

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 10/6/2016 ORDERING this matter is TRANSFERRED to the USDC for the Central District of California. CASE CLOSED. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FRANCISCO BARAJAS,

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No. 2:16-cv-2000 JAM AC P

Petitioner,
v.

ORDER

S. FRAUENHIEM, 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.
The application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court of Ventura County. See

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ECF No. 1 at 2-3; People v. Barajas, No. B227409, 2011 WL 4436454, *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept.

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26, 2011). While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where

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

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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 Ventura 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 Central District of California.

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DATED: October 6, 2016

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