Wright v. Fox

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 10/20/16 ORDERING that this case is TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of California.(Dillon, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 CHRISTOPHER LANE WRIGHT, 11 Petitioner, 12 13 No. 2:16-cv-2444 GGH P v. ORDER ROBERT W. FOX, 14 Respondent. 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 16 17 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 18 The application attacks a conviction issued by the San Diego County Superior Court. 19 While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 20 convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any 21 and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more 22 readily available in San Diego County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is 23 24 transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 25 Dated: October 20, 2016 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 /kly wrig2444.108 28

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