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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

STEVEN MATTHEW MONGER,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-2862 GEB EFB P

vs.

D. K. SISTO, 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 has paid the filing fee. However, petitioner has commenced this action in the

wrong district.

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

Solano County. He alleges that the State of California has violated his guilty plea by not

providing him a timely parole suitability hearing. 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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Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United States District

Court for the Northern District of California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(a); 1404(a).

Dated: May 21, 2007.

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