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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILBUR PITTMAN,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-08-2801 EFB P

vs.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAN

DIEGO, ORDER

Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See 28

U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However,

petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

It appears that petitioner was convicted in the San Diego County Superior Court and is

confined at the California Rehabilitation Center in Riverside County. Although the United

States District Court in the district where petitioner is confined 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, 499-500 (1973), witnesses and evidence necessary for the

resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available in the county of conviction. Id.

at 499 n. 15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

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Therefore, the court takes no action on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis, and transfers this action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of

California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(d), 1404(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir.

1974).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the Southern District of

California. 

Dated: December 23, 2008.

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