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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

Eastern District of California

Timothy J. Bavis, No. Civ. S 05-2030 LKK PAN P

Petitioner, Order

vs.

M. Kramer, Warden, et al.

Respondents.

-oOoPetitioner, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has

filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioner challenges a conviction in the Los Angeles County

Superior Court. This court and the United States District Court

in the district where petitioner was convicted both have

jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S.

484 (1973), but witnesses and evidence necessary for the 

resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available 

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in Los Angeles County. Id. at 499 n. 15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, I hereby order

this matter be transferred to the United States District Court

for the Central District of California.

Dated: November 17, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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