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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

Eastern District of California

Thuan Luong, No. Civ. S 05-2184 LKK PAN P

Petitioner, Order

vs.

Tom C. Carey, Warden,

Respondent.

-oOoPetitioner, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has

filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent request a change of venue.

Petitioner challenges a conviction in the Santa Clara County

Superior Court. 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 (1973), but witnesses and evidence necessary for the 

resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available 

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in Santa Clara County. Id. at 499 n. 15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, respondent’s

November 15, 2005, request is granted and I hereby order this

matter be transferred to the United States District Court for the

Northern District of California.

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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