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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

CHARLES JAMES CHATMAN,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-1694 GEB EFB P

vs.

TOM FELKER, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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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, a

threshold question arises as to in which district this action should proceed.

Petitioner was convicted in the San Mateo County Superior Court and is currently

confined at High Desert State Prison, which is located in the Lassen County. Although 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, 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). 

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 Northern District of 

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California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(a); 1404(a).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United States District

Court for the Northern District of California.

Dated: November 27, 2007.

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