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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROSS HARVEY DE SPENZA, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-1976 LKK KJM P

vs.

KATHY PROSPER,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant, but has not paid the filing fee nor submitted a request to proceed in

forma pauperis.

The application alleges that petitioner is being held even though he was acquitted

of first degree murder in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles

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 transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

DATED: October 9, 2007. 

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desp1976.108

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