Grimes v. State of California
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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Craig M. Kellison on 8/23/2017 ORDERING CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. (Henshaw, R)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JEROME L. GRIMES,
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No. 2:17-CV-1743-CMK-P
Petitioner,
vs.
ORDER
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
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Respondent.
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Petitioner, a prisoner confined at the Springfield Hospital Center in Sykesville,
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MD, and proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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§ 2254. The petition appears to challenge multiple convictions and/or sentences issued in the
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following counties: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Alameda.
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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241(d), courts in the district of conviction and the district of
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confinement have concurrent jurisdiction over applications for habeas corpus filed by state
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prisoners. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973). Because the majority
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of the witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner's application are more
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readily available in counties within the boundaries of the United States District Court for the
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Northern District of California, and because petitioner raises no claims relating to convictions
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and/or sentences issued in a county within this district, this matter should be transferred to
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Northern District. See id. at 499 n.15.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the
United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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DATED: August 23, 2017
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CRAIG M. KELLISON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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