Bernard v. Zuniga
Filing
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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 03/01/17 this court has not ruled on petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis. CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. (Plummer, M) Modified on 3/1/2017 (Plummer, M). [Transferred from California Eastern on 3/3/2017.]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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AMA BAHATI BERNARD,
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Petitioner,
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v.
No. 2:17-cv-0347 AC P
ORDER
R. ZUNIGA,
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Respondent.
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Petitioner, a federal inmate proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas
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corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis.
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The application challenges execution of a conviction issued by the United States District
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Court in the Southern District of California. While both this court and the United States District
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Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial
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Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the
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resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available in San Diego County. Id. at 499
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n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).
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Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and
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2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of
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California.
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DATED: March 1, 2017
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