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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

DEXTER BARNETT,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-0450 WBS EFB P

vs.

JOHN MARSHALL, Warden, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel challenging the judgment of a state court. 

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

However, petitioner commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner was convicted in the Riverside County Superior Court, but is confined in San

Luis Obispo, both of which are located in the United States District Court for the Central District

of California. The United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted and

where he is confined has jurisdiction over this action. 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). Petitioner should have filed his petition in the district in which he was

convicted.

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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 Central District of

California, Eastern Division. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(c)(1); 1404(a).

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

Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division.

Dated: March 21, 2007.

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