Doyle v. Bradt

Filing 4

ORDER that this case is transferred to the USDC for the Northern District of NY. Signed by Hon. Michael A. Telesca on 2/3/10. (TO) [Transferred from New York Western on 2/23/2010.]

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U N I T E D STATES DISTRICT COURT W E S T E R N DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

S H A W N DOYLE, 06A1215, Petitioner, -vMARK BRADT, Respondent. 10-CV-6041L ORDER

P e t i t i o n e r , an inmate at the Elmira Correctional Facility, has b r o u g h t this proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks

t o challenge a conviction reached in Washington County Court l o c a t e d in the Northern District of New York. The Court finds that

t h e Northern District of New York would be a more convenient forum f o r this action because all of the records relating to the p e t i t i o n e r ' s underlying criminal conviction are located in that district. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, The determination of the

4 1 0 U.S. 484, 499, n.15 (1973).

p e t i t i o n e r ' s motions for permission to proceed in forma pauperis a n d for appointment of counsel have been left to the Northern D i s t r i c t of New York. I T HEREBY IS ORDERED, that the case is transferred to the U n i t e d States District Court for the Northern District of New York. SO ORDERED. S/ MICHAEL A. TELESCA MICHAEL A. TELESCA U n i t e d States District Judge Dated: F e b r u a r y 3, 2010 R o c h e s t e r , New York