Pimentel v. Pfeiffer

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 11/6/2017 ORDERING CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. (Henshaw, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RICARDO PIMENTEL,

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No. 2:17-cv-2278 CKD P

Petitioner,
v.

ORDER

CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, 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

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corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or filed a request to

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proceed in forma pauperis.

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The application attacks a conviction issued by the California Superior Court of Orange

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County. While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner

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was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973),

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any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are

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more readily available in Orange 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: November 6, 2017

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12/pime2278.108

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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