Jones v. Clay

Filing 5

ORDER, CASE TRANSFERRED to Northern District of of California signed by Magistrate Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 9/16/08. Original file, certified copy of transfer order, and docket sheet sent. CASE CLOSED. (Duong, D)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 pauperis; and 1 vs. IVAN D. CLAY, Respondent. / Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. The application attacks a conviction issued by the San Francisco County Superior Court. While both this Court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner's application are more readily available in San Francisco County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. This court has not ruled on petitioner's application to proceed in forma ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EDGAR BRUNO JONES, Petitioner, No. CIV S-08-2045 KJM P

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2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. DATED: September 16, 2008.

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