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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JORDAN SMITH, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

F. FOULK, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-0127 AC P 

ORDER 

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

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or submitted a request 

to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The application attacks a conviction issued by the Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa 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 Northern District of California. 

DATED: January 27, 2016 

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