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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

JUAN RAFAEL SOUSA,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-2010 LEW EFB P

vs.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 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,

petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner was convicted in the Riverside County, but is confined Pleasant Valley State

Prison in Fresno 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). 

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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. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(c); 1404(a).

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

Court for the Central District of California. 

DATED: November 16, 2007.

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